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Edwin Montagu

1879 - 1924

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Montagu is the 9,709th most popular politician (up from 17,037th in 2019), the 2,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,390th in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Edwin Montagu ranks 9,709 out of 19,576. Before him are Edith Head, Franz Kutschera, Ernst Fast, Emperor Ai of Jin, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Kurt Schmitt. After him are Sames I, Dmitri Shepilov, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Frank Lentini, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, and Joseph Taylor Robinson.

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Among people born in 1879, Edwin Montagu ranks 96. Before him are Guido Fubini, Sándor Garbai, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Gorazd, Jacob Gade, and Vanessa Bell. After him are Adolf Wiklund, Carlos Chagas, Patrick Pearse, Oskar Barnack, Clyde Cessna, and Osman Aqçoqraqlı. Among people deceased in 1924, Edwin Montagu ranks 55. Before him are Dimitar Blagoev, Carl Anton Larsen, Eugène Simon, Sergei Lyapunov, Wollert Konow, and Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. After him are Marie Corelli, Nilo Peçanha, Oskar Merikanto, Wilhelm Roux, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, and Hans Thoma.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edwin Montagu ranks 2,152 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Khama (1953), John Adams (1767), Mike Ratledge (1943), Donald Adamson (1939), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), and Edward Dickinson Baker (1811). After him are George Williams (1821), Michael Adams (1971), Kevin Phillips (1973), Tim Staffell (1948), Saint Alban (300), and William of Malmesbury (1080).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edwin Montagu ranks 345. Before him are Donald Maclean (1913), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Ian Khama (1953), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), and Edward Dickinson Baker (1811). After him are John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945), Randolph Churchill (1911), Menzies Campbell (1941), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724).

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