John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792)

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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, was born 4 November 1718 to Edward Richard Montagu (1692-1722) and Elizabeth Popham (1693-1761) and died 30 April 1792 of unspecified causes. He married Dorothy Fane (1717-1797) 7 March 1741 .

Montagu (surname)
Born in 1718
Died in 1792
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He is known for the claim that he was the eponymous inventor of the sandwich.

Offspring of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and Dorothy Fane (1717-1797)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
John Montagu (1742-1742)
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich (1744-1814)	26 January 1744 Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom	6 June 1814 Upper Wimpole Street, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom	Elizabeth Montague-Dunk (-1768) Mary Henrietta Powlett (1753-1779)
Edward Montagu (1744-1752)
Mary Montagu (1748-1761)
William Augustus Montagu (1749-1776)