This is the REAL reason my ancestor invented the sandwich

The Countess of Sandwich has debunked a centuries-old myth about why her ancestor invented the world's favourite lunchtime snack.Speaking on the Daily Mail's Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things podcast, historian Julie Montagu said the popular story about the sandwich's invention was a cruel lie designed to hurt the 4th Earl of Sandwich's reputation.John Montagu, who became the 4th Earl of Sandwich aged just 10 in 1729, served as First Lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolutionary War and was widely blamed for Britain's humiliating loss of its North American colonies.