Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 1885–1905 Hereditary Peerage | |
Succeeded by | John Douglas-Scott-Montagu |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry John Douglas-Scott-Montagu 5 November 1832 |
Died | 4 November 1905 | (aged 72)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Cecily Susan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch Lady Charlotte Thynne |
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[1] and for South Hampshire from 1868 to 1884.[2] 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. In 1899 Lady Montagu gave ₤1 to the Women's Suffrage Auxiliary Fund of the Englishwoman's Review.[3] They had two sons and one daughter, the Honourable Rachel Cecily Douglas-Scott-Montagu, wife of Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster.
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ Boucherett, Jessie (16 January 1899). "The Women's Suffrage Auxiliary Fund". The Englishwoman's Review. 30: 29–30 – via HathiTrust.
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