[1] It was created in 1907 for the British Jewish Liberal politician, banker and philanthropist, Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baronet.
[2] As of 2010[update], the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1998.
Edwin Montagu, second son of the first Baron, was a Liberal politician and the husband of Venetia Stanley.
Ewen Montagu, second son of the second Baron, was a judge, writer and intelligence officer, famous for conceptualizing Operation Mincemeat.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, Rupert Anthony Samuel Montagu (born 1965),[3] grandson of the 3rd Baron through his younger son, the Hon.