John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
- John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (10 June 1866-30 March 1929), was a British Conservative politician and promoter of motoring.
Montagu was the eldest son of Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, second son of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch. His mother was the Hon. Cecily Susan, daughter of John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe. He entered Parliament for New Forest in 1895, a seat he held until 1905, when he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. During the First World War Montagu was an acting member of the War Aircraft Committee from March to April 1916 and an adviser on Mechanical Transport Services to the Indian government (with the rank of Honorary Brigadier-General). He is chiefly remembered as a promoter of motoring and was the founder and editor of "The Car Illustrated" magazine and a member of the Road Board.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu married firstly Lady Cecil Victoria Constance, daughter of Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian, 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. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu died in March 1929, aged 62, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son, Edward. Lady Montagu Thornton of Beaulieu later remarried and died in April 1996, aged 101.
During his first marriage Beaulieu had a child by his mistress and secretary Eleanor Thornton. Wanting an appropriate mascot for his Rolls, and using Eleanor Velasco Thornton as a model, the sculptor Charles S. Sykes was commissioned to design the precursor (called "The Whisper") of the "Spirit of Ectsasy"; the famous winged mascot that has adorned nearly every Rolls Royce car since 1911.
On 30 December 1915, Thornton was drowned with hundreds of other passengers when the "SS Persia", on which she was travelling with Beaulieu through the Mediterranean on the way to India, was torpedoed without warning off Crete by the German U-boat "U-38", commanded by Max Valentiner.
ee also
*Duke of Buccleuch
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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