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Baron Montagu

Montagu arms unquartered of Barons Montagu/Montacute
Arms of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury(d. 1400): Quarterly, 1st & 4th: Argent, 3 fusils conjoined in fess gules (Montagu); 2nd & 3rd: an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules (Monthermer)[1]

The titles Baron Montacute or Baron Montagu were created several times in the Peerage of England for members of the House of Montagu. The family name was Latinised to de Monte Acuto, meaning "from the sharp mountain"; the French form is an ancient spelling of mont aigu, with identical meaning.[2]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Montagu of Beaulieu (original form of), p.788
  2. ^ Collins Robert French Dictionary

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