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Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of 1718-92
English politician
As First Lord of the Admiralty from 1748 to 1751 and 1771 to 1782, his ineptness contributed to British failures inthe American Revolution. Notoriously corrupt, he was a member of Francis Dashwood's 'Mad monks of Medmenham Abbey', and was involved in the persecution of his former friend, John Wilkes. The Sandwich (now Hawaiian) Islands were named after him by Captain Cook. The 'sandwich' is reputed to have been invented by him as a snack for eating at the gaming-table.
Bibliography: George Martelli, Jemmy Twitcher (1962)
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