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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Montagu, [née Crewe], Jemima (1625-1674), wife of Edward Montagu
Parallel form(s) of name
- Jemima, Countess of Sandwich
- Jemima Crewe
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Description area
Dates of existence
1625-1674
History
She married Edward Montagu MP (1625-1672), a cousin of Pepys, in 1642; he was created Earl of Sandwich in 1660; naval commander, and Pepys’s first patron. They had seven sons and two daughters. Part of Pepys’s inner circle: ‘her unfailing kindness to Pepys makes her one of the most attractive figures in the diary’ (Latham).