Edward Wortjey Montagu, an English author, born at Wharncliffe, Yorkshire, in October, 1713, died in Padua, May 2, 1776. He was the only son of Edward Wortley and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He ran away from school, and went as a cabin boy to Spain, whence he was sent back to England by a British consul. He was next committed to the charge of a private tutor, and sent to travel on the continent. On returning to England he married a woman in very humble life, almost old enough to be his mother, lived with her but a few weeks, and then abandoned her. In 1747 he was returned to parliament for Huntingdonshire, but soon became so involved in debt that he had to resign. He went to France, and thence to Italy, where he became a convert to the Roman Catholic church; and from Italy to Egypt, where he turned Mohammedan. He was returning to England when he died. He published "Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republics," the authorship of which was claimed by his tutor, Mr. Foster. His "Autobiography" was published in 1869 (3 vols. 8vo, London).