SirMontagu SharpeKBEDL (28 October 1857 – 23 August 1942) was an English politician, lawyer, amateur archaeologist, antiquarian, and ornithologist.
Montagu Sharpe came from an oldMiddlesex family that ownedHanwell Park. He was born at Hanwell to Lt Cmdr Benjamin Sharpe of theRoyal Navy and his wife Marianne Fanny Montagu, daughter of the Rev. Montagu ofSwaffham, Norfolk. Montagu studied law, and was called to the bar atGray's Inn in 1889.
Sharpe was a member of theMiddlesex County Council from its founding in 1889 and ajustice of the peace for Middlesex. He was knighted in 1922 and also became aDeputy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Sharpe served as chairman of theRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1896 to 1942. He was active in the introduction of theImportation of Plumage (Prohibition) Bill and involved in framing initial drafts.[1]
He wrote alocal history,Middlesex in British, Roman and Saxon Times (1919),[2] in which he suggested that the Roman system ofcenturiation could be seen in the layout of old manors, but his idea was viewed sceptically by other historians of the period.[3] Later studies have pointed out that his evidence was weak.[4]
Sharpe was aFreemason, serving as Grand Deacon of theUnited Grand Lodge of England. He was the founder of Haven Lodge and Hanwell Lodge inEaling, and Horsa Dun Lodge and Jersey Lodge in Middlesex.
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