Edward George Henry Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich KStJ (13 July 1839 – 26 June 1916), styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke until 1884, was a British peer, Conservative politician, soldier and author.
Montagu was the eldest son of John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich, and his wife Lady Mary Paget. Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, was his maternal grandfather. He was elected to the House of Commons for Huntingdon in 1876, a seat he held until 1884, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.
As Viscount Hinchinbrooke he served in the Grenadier Guards from 1857 to 1884, attaining the regimental rank of Major and Colonel. After succeeding to the earldom he became Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the part-time 5th (Huntingdon Militia) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (several of his ancestors and Montagu kinsmen having previously commanded the Huntingdonshire Militia), and its Honorary Colonel from 1899. He was also Hon Colonel of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion in the Territorial Force. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire between 1891 and 1916. He was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in December 1901.
Lord Sandwich died unmarried in June 1916, aged 76, and was succeeded in the earldom by his nephew George Charles Montagu.
Works
Lord Sandwich was the author of five books:
Diary in Ceylon & India, 1878-9. 1879
Hinchingbrooke. 1910
My Experiences in Spiritual Healing. 1915
Memoirs 1919
Memoirs of Edward, Earl of Sandwich, 1839-1916, Ed. 1919 (co-authored with Beatrice Erskine, "Mrs. Steuart Erskine")