Biographical Memoir of John Montagu. With a sketch of some of the public affairs connected with the colony of the Cape of Good Hope during his administration as colonial secretary from 1843 to 1853.

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London: Harrison 1855. Roy. 8vo. Orig. blind-embossed cloth (spine slightly discoloured). (xvi 612pp.). With engrv. portrait and 4 tinted full-page litho. plates. Uncut and unopened copy. Fine albeit ex-library. NOTE: Montagu accompanied Lieut.-Governor Sir George Arthur to Van Diemen's Land where he was appointed Private Secretary and Clerk of the Legislative Council circa 1824. The work is not recorded in Ferguson.