Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu

The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
Portrait by Allan Warren, 1974
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
7 November 1947 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 31 August 2015
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byThe 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Personal details
Born
Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu

(1926-10-20)20 October 1926
London, England
Died31 August 2015(2015-08-31) (aged 88)
Beaulieu Palace House, Hampshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouses
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Fiona Herbert
(m. 1974)
ChildrenRalph Douglas-Scott-Montagu
Mary Montagu-Scott
Jonathan Montagu-Scott
Parent
EducationRidley College, Canada
Eton College
New College, Oxford
Military service
Branch/serviceGrenadier Guards
Years of service1945–1948
RankLieutenant

Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015) was a British aristocrat and Conservative politician, best known for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivotal cause célèbre following his 1954 conviction and imprisonment for alleged homosexual activity, a charge he denied.


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