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Montagu, Edward Wortley (1713–1776), traveller and criminal  

Isobel Grundy

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Montagu, Edward Wortley (1713–1776), traveller and criminal, was born in London on 16 May 1713, the elder child and only son of Edward Wortley Montagu (1678–1761), MP, diplomat, and entrepreneur, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (bap. 1689, d. 1762), writer and traveller. In 1716 ...

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Scott, John (1632?–1704), adventurer and spy  

Alan Marshall

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Scott, John (1632?–1704), adventurer and spy, may have been born at Ashford, Kent, in 1632, the son of a royalist colonel, John Scott, but his origins and early life are uncertain. According to his own later account, having committed some misdemeanours against parliamentary soldiers ...