Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 4th Baron Montagu of
Beaulieu (born 13 March 1961) is an English peer and owner of the
Beaulieu Estate, home of the National Motor Museum.
Lord Montagu is the son of
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
(1926–2015), and his first wife, Belinda, Lady Montagu, née Crossley (b.
1932). Montagu is the grandson of John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron
Montagu of Beaulieu (1866–1929) and his second wife, Alice Crake
(1895–1996). He has one sibling from his parents' marriage, Hon. Mary
Montagu-Scott (born 1964) who married Rupert Scott.
His parents divorced in 1974 and later that year, his father married his
second wife, Fiona Margaret Herbert, with whom he had another son, Lord
Montagu's half-brother, Hon. Jonathan Deane Douglas-Scott-Montagu (born
11 October 1975).
Lord Montagu is a graphic designer and the Head of Heritage Radio at
Radio Times. He produced Lord Montagu a documentary about his father,
and a series of short films about the stars of the TV comedy series
Dad's Army.
He is also the President of the Solent Protection Society, a Governor of
Walhampton School, a Director of Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd, and a trustee
of the National Motor Museum Trust, the Countryside Education Trust and
the Hampshire Archives Trust.
Concerned that local residents were being priced out, Lord Montagu was
instrumental in securing social housing in the village of Beaulieu.
Lord Montagu is married to Ailsa, Lady Montagu, née Camm. The couple
have no children.
The heir presumptive to the barony is Lord Montagu's half-brother,
Hon. Jonathan Deane Douglas-Scott-Montagu (born 1975), a biochemist who is married to photographer Nathalie Daoust. |
