Sidney Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester


Sidney Arthur Robin George Drogo "Kim" Montagu, 11th Duke of Manchester, was a British hereditary peer, the son of the 10th Duke of Manchester and the elder brother of the 12th Duke.

Personal life

He married firstly on 5 February 1955 Adrienne Valerie Christie , daughter of Commander John Kenneth Christie; at that time the South African Ambassador in Kenya, later of Karawater farm, Ruigtevlei, Cap, South Africa. He married secondly on 25 August 1978 Andrea Joss, daughter of Cecil Alexander Joss of Johannesburg, South Africa, who had previously been married twice, to Major S. Whitehead and to G. J. W. Kent. He had no children from either marriage.
In 1983, the Duke sued his stepmother, Elizabeth, who he believed had possession of several family heirlooms that he felt were rightfully his.
The Duke died suddenly at Robin Hood Ranch, Tennessee, on 3 June 1985. His funeral took place on 13 June and he is buried at Kimbolton Parish Church.

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