Montagu, Edwin Samuel, 1879-1924

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1906-1918 Member of Parliament for West Cambridgeshire (Chesterton); 1910-1914 Under-Secretary of State, India Office; 1914 Financial Secretary to the Treasury; 1916 Minister of Munitions; 1917-1922 Secretary of State for India.

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creatorOf Papers of Edwin Montagu as Secretary of State for India 1917-22, 1917-1922 British Library
referencedIn Papers of 1st Viscount Chelmsford as Viceroy of India 1916-21, 1916-1921 British Library
referencedIn Correspondence of 1st Marquess of Willingdon as Governor of Bombay 1913-18, and Governor of Madras 1919-24, 1913-1924 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXV (ff. 336). Mar.-Sept. 1910.includes:f. 1 Stephen John Aldrich, of the Department of Printed Books, British Museum: Letter to Lord Gladstone: 1910.f. 2 Richard Knight Causton, Baron Southwark: Letters to Lord Gladstone: 1905-1910.f. 4 ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. VIII (ff. 233). 1920-1933.includes:ff. 1-60b passim Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner: Letters to J. A. Spender: 1920.f. 15 Charles Edward Coles, Pasha; formerly Director-General of Egyptian Prisons: Letter to Zaghlul Pasha: 1920.: Typewritten ..., 1920-1933 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXIV (ff. 180). Aug. 1918-June 1919.includes:ff. 1-3, 7, 60 Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh, GBE; Director of Military Intelligence: Correspondence, partly on his behalf, with Lord Cecil: 1918, 1941: Signed. ff. 4, 5, 154, 17... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Charles Henry Roberts, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India 1914-15; member of Montagu Delegation to India 1917-18, and of Financial Relations Committee, 1909-1923 British Library
referencedIn Sir Louis Kershaw, Indian Civil Service 1890-1915, and India Office official 1915-34, 1885-1947 British Library
creatorOf Seven political papers of Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924), Secretary of State for India 1917-22, including memoranda on the fall of the Asquith Government (9 December 1916), political intrigues and discussions (May 1917-Nov 1918), and the Peace Conf..., 1916-1919 British Library
referencedIn Papers of the 2nd Earl of Lytton as Governor of Bengal 1922-27, and Acting Viceroy 1925, 1922-1927 British Library
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXV (ff. 311). July 1907-April 1908.includes:ff. 1, 3 (typewritten, signed), 200 John William Wilson, MP: Letters to Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman: 1907-1908.ff. 5, 7 Thomas Arnold Herbert, MP; KC 1913: Letter, etc., to Sir H. Campbell-Bannerma... British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXIII (ff. 208). [June 1915?]-July 1918.includes:ff. 6-8 Fred Miller, Managing Editor, 'The Daily Telegraph': Letter, etc., to Lord Cecil from Fred Miller: 1916: Signed.f. 7 Newspapers; Great Britain and Ireland. The Daily Telegraph: Fred Mi... British Library
referencedIn Papers of 1st Marquess of Reading as Viceroy of India 1921-26, and concerning his subsequent interest in Indian affairs, 1921-1935 British Library
creatorOf SIR A. T. WILSON PAPERS. Vol. I C (ff. 182). Correspondence with Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzell, K.C.B., of the India Office, on behalf of Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India; 1917-1920. Formerly File No: 2/47 (f. 182). Sent to Capt. G. ..., 1917-1920 British Library
referencedIn Papers of 2nd Marquess of Zetland as Governor of Bengal 1917-22, and Secretary of State for India 1935-40, 1910-1952 British Library
referencedIn Personal and semi-official papers of the 1st Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India 1921-26, 1888-1936 British Library
referencedIn Sir Sigismund David Waley papers. British Library
referencedIn Papers of Capt Home Peel (1884-1918), India Office official 1906-14, military service 1914-18, including material relating to a visit to India 1912-13 as Private Secretary to Edwin Samuel Montagu, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India, 1908-1959 British Library
referencedIn Papers of General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army 1877-1919; Military Secretary, India Office 1914-17; Member of Council of India 1917-24; including material relating to the Kitchener-Curzon controversy of 1905, 1877-1930 British Library
referencedIn VISCOUNT GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 251). Correspondence with Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925, Prime Minister; 1892-1922.Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Lord Gla..., 1892-1922 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXII (ff. 297). April 1911-July 1914.includes:ff. 1 (typewritten; signed), 37 Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1904-1911.f. 2 Sir Edward Strachey, 4th Baronet 1st Baron Strachie 1911: Invitation card to J.... British Library
referencedIn Personal and official papers of Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, Finance Member Governor-General s Council 1908-13; Acting Viceroy 1912, 1908-1936 British Library
creatorOf LADY DIANA COOPER CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. VIII (ff. 164). 1. ff. 1-7. Letters from Lady Frances Horner, mother of Edward Horner and Katherine Horner, afterwards Asquith; 1915, n.d. 2. ff. 8-9. Letter from Ronald Knox; n.d. 3. f. 10. Letter from : Kuhlma..., 1910-1954 British Library
creatorOf Vol. V B (ff. 141). Sept. 1920-1930.includes:f. 1 W. A. Gallaher, US citizen in Baghdad: Letters to his father, F. M. Gallaher: 1920: Copies.f. 1 W. A. Gallaher, US citizen in Baghdad: Letters to Miss M. Fischer: 1920: Extracts.ff. 2, 6 Captain... British Library
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Berar, India
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Invernesshire, Scotland
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Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty
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Birth 1879-02-06

Death 1924-11-15

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