Angus Charles Drogo Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester (9 October 1938 – 25 July 2002), was a British hereditary peer.

Lord Angus Montagu was born on 9 October 1938 in the family seat of Kimbolton Castle near Bedford, the younger son of Viscount Mandeville, who in February 1947 became Duke of Manchester, by his marriage to Nell Vere Stead.

[1] Their parents moved frequently during their childhood, including spending time in Singapore and Ceylon, with a period of living in a convent in the latter.

He left school in 1956 without any qualifications[6] and began service in the Royal Marines,[7] joining HMS Loch Fyne in January 1957.

He was acquitted, after the trial judge had found him to lack the competence and intelligence to conduct and organise such a raid and considered he had been set up by others to take the blame.

[11] As a hereditary peer, the new Duke was able to take a seat in the Lords, but he did not make his maiden speech there until 25 November 1991, in a debate on the European Union.

[13] In 1991, the Duke became honorary chairman of the Tampa Bay Lightning ice hockey team, pledging to raise $25 million.

[3][14][15] At the trial, his defence lawyer argued that he was the victim of a confidence trick by a business partner, and that the Duke had been made use of because of his gullibility, vanity, and foolishness.

[16] Towards the end of his life, the Duke set up the company Unique Tours, to show American tourists places such as Stratford Upon Avon.

[27] His funeral took place at Bedford Crematorium on 5 August, with his children Kimble and Emma, and ex-wives Diane and Louise in attendance.