John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 5 November 1905 – 30 March 1929 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Lord Montagu of Beaulieu |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Lord Montagu of Beaulieu |
| Member of Parliament for New Forest | |
| In office 26 July 1892 – 4 November 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Compton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Francis Compton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1866 |
| Died | 30 March 1929 (aged 62) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Cecil Kerr (died 1919) Alice Pearl Crake (m. 1920) |
| Children | 7, including Elizabeth and Edward, 3rd Lord Montagu of Beaulieu |
| Parent(s) | Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Cecily Susan Stuart-Wortley |
John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Background, education and early life
Montagu was the eldest son of
Political career
Montagu entered Parliament for
Family
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu married firstly his cousin Lady Cecil Kerr, daughter of Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Victoria Montagu Douglas Scott in 1889. She died in September 1919, aged 53. He married secondly Alice Pearl, daughter of Major Edward Barrington Crake, in 1920. There were children from both marriages, including Elizabeth. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu died in March 1929, aged 62, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son, Edward. Lady Montagu of Beaulieu later remarried and died in April 1996, aged 101.
During his first marriage Beaulieu had a daughter by his mistress and secretary Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Wanting an appropriate mascot for his Rolls-Royce, and using Eleanor Thornton as a model, the sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes was commissioned to design the precursor (called "The Whisper") of the Spirit of Ecstasy; the famous winged mascot that has adorned nearly every Rolls-Royce car since 1911. On 30 December 1915, with Thornton, Montagu was on board the SS Persia sailing through the Mediterranean on the way to India when the ship was torpedoed without warning by the German U-boat U-38 commanded by Max Valentiner. Thornton drowned, along with hundreds of others, but Montagu survived the sinking.
Further reading
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
- The Rowers of Vanity Fair – Douglas-Scott-Montagu, John Walter Edward
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