Editing Duke of Manchester (section)

{{short description|Title in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Manchester 
| image             = [[File: Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px]]<br>[[File:Coat of arms of the Duke of Manchester.svg|180px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Quarterly, 1st & 4th: Argent, 3 fusils conjoined in fess gules, a bordure sable (Montagu); 2nd & 3rd: Or an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules (Monthermer).''
| creation_date     = 13 April 1719 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Great Britain]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester|Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester|Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke]]
| heir_apparent     =  
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      =  
| subsidiary_titles = {{plainlist|
*Earl of Manchester
*Viscount Mandeville
*Baron Montagu of Kimbolton}}
| status            =  
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       =  
| former_seat       = {{plainlist|
*[[Kimbolton Castle]]
*[[Horton Hall]]
*[[Tandragee Castle]]}}
| motto             =  
| footnotes         =  
}}

'''Duke of Manchester''' is a title in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], and the current senior title of the [[House of Montagu]]. It was created in 1719 for the politician [[Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester|Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester]]. [[Manchester Parish]] in Jamaica was named after the [[William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester|5th Duke]], while its capital [[Mandeville, Jamaica|Mandeville]] was named after his son and heir. The current Duke is [[Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester]], a controversial British and Australian citizen who lives in the United States and has served several [[prison]] sentences. He succeeded to the peerage in 2002<ref name="theguardian" /> following the death of his father [[Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester]], the last of the dukes to hold a seat in the [[House of Lords]].