married to Helena Zimmerman, without her father or his mother present. She was the daughter of Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, Ohio, a railroad president and major stockholder in Standard Oil. The marriage was secret and his mother, Consuelo, was appalled by it. Together, they had four children: Lady Mary Alice Montagu (1901–1962), who married Fendall Littlepage Gregory in 1949. Alexander George Francis Drogo Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester. Lord Edward Eugene Fernando Montagu (1906–1954/1956), who married Norah Macfarlane Potter, daughter of Albert Edward Potter of Ontario, Canada in 1929. They divorced in 1937 and he married Dorothy Vera Peters in 1937. They divorced in 1947 and he married, thirdly, Martha Mathews Hatton Bowen in 1947. After her death in 1951, he married portrait painter Cora Kellie, Baroness Kelly, in 1952. His fifth marriage was to Roberta Herold Joughlin in 1953. Lady Ellen Millicent Louise Montagu (1908–1948), who married to Herman Martin Hofer in 1936. They divorced in 1944 and she married John Norman Shairp in 1945. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester divorced in December 1931. On 17 December 1931 Manchester married stage actress Kathleen Dawes, daughter of W. H. Dawes, a West End theatrical manager who was from Greenwich, Connecticut. There were no children from this marriage. The Duke of Manchester died at Seaford, Sussex, on 9 February 1947, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Alexander. The Dowager Duchess of Manchester died on 28 March 1966. Ancestry References External links 1877 births 1947 deaths British people of Cuban descent Lancashire Fusiliers officers Liberal Party (UK) hereditary peers William Montagu, 09th Duke of Manchester William 4 People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom