Lord Robert Montagu

Lord Robert Montagu PC (24 January 1825 – 6 May 1902) was a British Conservative politician.

[3] Montagu sat as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire from 1859 to 1874[4] and for Westmeath from February 1874 until he retired in 1880.

[5] He held office under the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli as Vice-President of the Committee on Education from March 1867 until the fall of the government in December 1868[6] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1867.

This second marriage scandalized society, since the former Betsy Wade had been a housemaid when Montagu met her.

[9] Montagu died 6 May 1902[1] at 91 Queens Gate, South Kensington, London[10] and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

"A Working Conservative"
As depicted by "Ape" ( Carlo Pellegrini ) in Vanity Fair , 1 October 1870