Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (3 January 1647/48 – 29 November 1688)[1] was an English aristocrat and politician.

Jemima Crew and Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of England to Portugal.

[3] From 1670, until his succession to the earldom in 1672, he was a Member of Parliament for Dover, serving alongside George Montagu.

The 1st Earl also exercised for him, in the same fashion, the office of Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 1685, but the appointment was rescinded after Ailesbury's death the same year.

[5] Edward's brief marriage to Anne Boyle seems to have been happy enough: his mother had a warm regard for her daughter-in-law.

[6] Viscount Hinchingbrooke was betrothed to Elizabeth Malet (the daughter of John Mallet of Enmore Manor and heiress to his great fortune).