Admiral John Montagu (1719–1795) was an English naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland.

[2] In June 1772, Montagu was involved in the Gaspee Affair as the commanding officer of Lieutenant William Duddingston, where he unsuccessfully tried to identify and have prosecuted the raiders who attacked Dudingston's ship.

[2] Montagu captured St. Pierre and Miquelon for the British and defended Newfoundland from both French and American privateers.

Of his sons, George and James became naval officers, while Edward became a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Artillery.

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