Montagu attained the rank of colonel in the Army on 30 November 1755, major-general on 25 June 1759, colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 27 November 1760, and lieutenant-general on 19 January 1761.[1]
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^ abRichard Cannon, Historical Record of the Second, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot (1838) p. 36-37.
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