Edwin Montagu

Edwin Montagu
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
3 February – 25 May 1915
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byCharles Masterman
Succeeded byWinston Churchill
In office
11 January – 9 July 1916
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byHerbert Samuel
Succeeded byThomas McKinnon Wood
Secretary of State for India
In office
17 July 1917 – 19 March 1922
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byAusten Chamberlain
Succeeded byThe Viscount Peel
Personal details
Born(1879-02-06)6 February 1879
Died15 November 1924(1924-11-15) (aged 45)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Venetia Stanley
(1887–1948)
RelativesJudith Venetia Montagu (daughter)
Alma materUniversity 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.