Succeeding his grandfather as Earl in 1729, he served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1748 to 1751 and again from 1771 to  1782, when his incompetence led to British failures at sea during the Revolutionary War.
He was one of Francis DashwoodÕs ÒMad monks of Medmenham Abbey,Ó and helped with the persecution of his friend John Wilkes. Succeeding his grandfather as Earl in 1729, he served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1748 to 1751 and again from 1771 to  1782, when his incompetence led to British failures at sea during the Revolutionary War. FTP, give the better known title of John Montagu, after whom Captain Cook named an island group, and who was reputed to have been playing cards when his urge for a s  nack led to the invention of the food named for him.
He was one of Francis DashwoodÕs ÒMad monks of Medmenham Abbey,Ó and helped with the persecution of his friend John Wilkes.
Earl of Sandwich (accept John Montagu on early buzz)