Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu

"South Hants"
Scott as caricatured by Théobald Chartran in Vanity Fair, September 1881

Henry John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu DL, JP (5 November 1832 – 4 November 1905), styled Lord Henry Scott until 1885, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background and education

Scott was the second son of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath. He was educated at Eton.

Political career

Scott sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire from 1861 to 1868 and for South Hampshire from 1868 to 1884. He was official Verderer of the New Forest from 1890 to 1892, and Honorary Colonel of the 4th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers from 1885. In 1885 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, in the County of Southampton.

Family

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu married the Honourable Cecily Susan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, daughter of John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, in 1865. They had two sons and one daughter, the Honourable Rachel Cecily Douglas-Scott-Montagu, wife of Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster.

References

• Who Was Who

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Allen Eliott-Lockhart	Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire 1861 – 1868	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Henry Hamlyn-Fane Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervois, Bt	Member of Parliament for South Hampshire 1868 – 1884 With: Hon. William Cowper to 1880 Francis Compton from 1880	Succeeded by Francis Compton Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 1885 – 1905	Succeeded by John Douglas-Scott-Montagu