Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Montagu, Rt. Hon. Edwin Samuel

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2556633Collier's New Encyclopedia — Montagu, Rt. Hon. Edwin Samuel

MONTAGU, RT. HON. EDWIN SAMUEL, British statesman; born 1879. Under-Secretary of State under Lord Morley, 1910. Chancellor of the Duchy, 1915. Minister of Munitions in the first coalition government, and retired with Asquith, being succeeded in office by Lloyd George. Secretary for India in 1817 after the resignation of Austen Chamberlain. He visited India and in company with the viceroy investigated political conditions to prepare a system of self-government for the people of the country. A joint report on Indian Constitutional reforms was issued in 1918. Secretary for India 1919.