Barony Montagu of Beaulieu | |
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Creation date | 29 December 1885 |
Created by | Queen Victoria |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Lord Henry Montagu Douglas Scott |
Present holder | Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 4th Baron |
Remainder to | the 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Seat(s) | Beaulieu Palace House |
Motto | SPECTEMUR AGENDO (Let us be judged by our actions) |
Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (French pronunciation: [boljø], Engl. pronunciation: "bewley", from French beau, "beautiful" and lieu, "place"), in the County of Hampshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative politician Lord Henry Montagu Douglas Scott, who had earlier represented Selkirkshire and South Hampshire in the House of Commons. He was the second son of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (see the Duke of Buccleuch for earlier history of the family). His son, the second Baron, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for New Forest. The 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat on the Conservative benches. As descendants of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, the Barons Montagu of Beaulieu are also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.