Edwin Montagu

The Right Honourable Edwin Montagu
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 3 February – 25 May 1915
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Charles Masterman
Succeeded by	Winston Churchill
In office 11 January – 9 July 1916
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Herbert Samuel
Succeeded by	Thomas McKinnon Wood
Secretary of State for India
In office 17 July 1917 – 19 March 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Austen Chamberlain
Succeeded by	The Viscount Peel
Personal details
Born	(1879-02-06)6 February 1879
Died	15 November 1924(1924-11-15) (aged 45)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)
Relatives	Judith Venetia Montagu (daughter)
Alma mater	University College London Trinity College, Cambridge

Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal^[1] and the third practising Jew (after Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Rufus Isaacs) to serve in the British cabinet.

He was primarily responsible for the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms which led to the Government of India Act 1919, committing the British to the eventual evolution of India towards dominion status.