Charles Montagu

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Charles Montagu was an English statesman and financier who became the 1st Earl of Halifax and played a key role in late 17th-century economic and political reforms.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
financier
human
peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain
almaMater University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
aristocraticFamily Montagu family
associatedWith Bank of England
Royal Society
Whig Supremacy
surface form: "Whig Junto"
birthCountry Kingdom of England
birthPlace Horton, Northamptonshire, England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
era early 18th century
late 17th century
familyName Montagu
fieldOfWork monetary policy
political reform
public finance
genre political poetry
givenName Charles
influenced development of modern British public finance
knownFor development of the English national debt system
founding of the Bank of England
key role in late 17th-century economic reforms
key role in late 17th-century political reforms
recoinage of English currency in the 1690s
languageSpoken English
memberOf Parliament of England
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
monarchDuringService Anne, Queen of Great Britain
surface form: "Queen Anne of Great Britain"

William III of England
movement Whig economic policy
nobleRank Earl
nobleTitle Earl of Halifax
nobleTitleOrdinal Charles Montagu
surface form: "1st Earl of Halifax"
notableAchievement helped establish long-term funded national debt in England
strengthened the financial basis of the English state after the Glorious Revolution
notableWork design of the 1694 scheme to fund the government through a national bank
leadership in the 1696 recoinage
occupation economist
poet
politician
politicalAlignment pro-Glorious Revolution
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Member of Parliament of England
President of the Royal Society

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montagu hasNotableBearer Charles Montagu
this entity surface form: "Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax"
Charles Montagu nobleTitleOrdinal Charles Montagu
subject surface form: "Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax"
this entity surface form: "1st Earl of Halifax"
Montagu family notableMember Charles Montagu
this entity surface form: "Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax"
Warden of the Royal Mint positionHeldBy Charles Montagu
Gandhi–Irwin Pact signedByTitleOfIrwin Charles Montagu
this entity surface form: "1st Earl of Halifax"

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