Robert Latane Montague | |
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Member of the Confederate States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district | |
In office February 18, 1864 – May 10, 1865 |
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Preceded by | Muscoe R. H. Garnett |
Succeeded by | None (position eliminated) |
4th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
In office January 1, 1860 – January 1, 1864 |
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Governor | John Letcher |
Preceded by | William L. Jackson, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Samuel Price |
Personal details | |
Born |
Robert Latané Montague May 23, 1819 Middlesex, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | March 2, 1880 Middlesex, Virginia, U.S. |
(aged 60)
Spouse(s) | Cornelia Gay Eubank |
Robert Latané Montague (May 23, 1819 – March 2, 1880) was a prominent Virginia politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Montague was born in Middlesex County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1850 and 1872. He served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1860 to 1864 and represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.
Montague was the great-uncle of Wallis Warfield Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor.