Baron Swaythling, of
Swaythling in the County of Southampton, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
. It was created in 1907 for the
British Jewish Liberal politician, banker and philanthropist,
Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of South Stoneham House in the County of Southampton and of Kensington Palace Gardens in the County of London, in 1894. , the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1998.
Several other members of the family may also be mentioned. The Hon.
Edwin Montagu, second son of the first Baron, was a
Liberal politician and the husband of
Venetia Stanley
Venetia Anastasia, Lady Digby ( Stanley; December 1600 – 1 May 1633) was a celebrated beauty of the Stuart period (England), Stuart period and the wife of a prominent courtier and scientist, Sir Kenelm Digby. She was a granddaughter of Tho ...
. The medical researcher
Philip D'Arcy Hart was the grandson of the first Baron. The Hon.
Ewen Montagu
Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu (29 March 1901 – 19 July 1985) was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer, and author.
He is best known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation that misdirected G ...
, second son of the second Baron, was a judge, writer and intelligence officer, famous for conceptualizing
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat was a successful British disinformation, deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a tramp who die ...
. The Hon.
Ivor Montagu, third son of the second Baron, was a film maker. Also, the first Baron was the uncle of the Liberal
Member of Parliament Sir Stuart Samuel, 1st Baronet Samuel, and of Liberal politician
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.
He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet mi ...
.
Baron Swaythling (1907)
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Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling (1832–1911)
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Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869–1927) m.
Gladys Goldsmid.
*Stuart Albert Montagu, 3rd Baron Swaythling (1898–1990)
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David Charles Samuel Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling (1928–1998)
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Charles Edgar Samuel Montagu, 5th Baron Swaythling (born 1954)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, Rupert Anthony Samuel Montagu (born 1965),
Google Groups — Peerage News grandson of the 3rd Baron through his younger son, The Honourable, the Hon. Anthony Trevor Samuel Montagu (1931–2010).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his eldest son, Henry George Samuel Montagu (born 2008).
Title succession chart
See also
* Viscount Samuel
* Samuel baronets
* Swaythling
Notes
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1907
Peerages created for UK MPs
Southampton