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.

Early life and family

Lord Montagu is the son of

Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015), was an English aristocrat and Conservative politician, best known for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivota ...

(1926–2015), and his first wife, Belinda, Lady Montagu,

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(b. 1932). Montagu is the grandson of

John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu John Walter Edward Montagu-Scott, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (10 June 1866 – 30 March 1929), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and promoter of motoring. He is the father of Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of B ...

(1866–1929) and his second wife, Alice Crake (1895–1996). 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,

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Jonathan Deane Douglas-Scott-Montagu (born 11 October 1975).

Career

Lord Montagu is a graphic designer and the Head of Heritage Radio at ''

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''. He is credited as a co-producer of ''Lord Montagu'' a documentary about his father, and a series of short films about the stars of the TV comedy series ''

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''. He is also the President of the Solent Protection Society, a Governor of

Walhampton School Walhampton School is a coeducational independent preparatory school situated in the hamlet of Walhampton, near Lymington, England. It is the result of the 1997 merger between Hordle House School, situated in Milford on Sea, and 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.

Personal life

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, Jonathan, a biochemist who is married to photographer

Nathalie Daoust Nathalie Daoust (born March 31, 1977) is a Canadian photographer and contemporary artist. Biography Daoust studied photography at the Cegep du Vieux Montreal, Cégep du Vieux Montreal (1994–1997). Upon graduating, she moved to New York City, ...

References

External links

Beaulieu website
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People educated at Walhampton School and Hordle House School