The Montagu House was a town house in Whitehall, London, England that served as the residence of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu.
History[]
The house was built in 1731 following John's sale of his father's former home in Bloomsbury. Desiring to build a larger and grander house house than his father's, John purchased three adjoining plots of land in Whitehall and built a relatively modest mansion. Following John's death in 1749, the house became a property of his daughter Mary and his son-in-law George Brudenell, who owned the house for 40 years.[1]
In 1859, the house was inherited by James Brudenell's cousin, Walter Francis Scott, who replaced it with a palatial French Renaissance-inspired mansion.[1]
In 1917, the house was acquired by the British government and converted into an office space, before being eventually demolished in 1950.[1]