Edwin Montagu.

Edwin Samuel Montagu (February 6, 1879 – November 15, 1924) was a British Liberal Jewish politician. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The second son and seventh child of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling, he was educated at Clifton College, the City of London School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. Samuel Montagu 1st Baron Swaythling ( December 21 1832 - January 12 1911) was a British Jewish banker Liberal Clifton College is a Coeducational public school in Clifton Bristol, England. The City of London School ( CLS) is a boys' Independent school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

He was first elected as an MP in 1906, Edwin Montagu was Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when Company rule in India ended and India was brought under direct British rule Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

He was the second Jew to enter the British Cabinet but was strongly opposed to Zionism, which he called "a mischievous political creed. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the " He opposed the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which he considered "anti-semitic" and whose terms he managed to modify. Balfour Declaration of 1917 (dated November 2 1917) was a Classified formal statement of Policy by the British government stating Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility In a memo to the cabinet, he outlined his views on Zionism thus: ". . . I assume that it means that Mahommedans and Christians are to make way for the Jews and that the Jews should be put in all positions of preference and should be peculiarly associated with Palestine in the same way that England is with the English or France with the French, that Turks and other Mahommedans in Palestine will be regarded as foreigners, just in the same way as Jews will hereafter be treated as foreigners in every country but Palestine. Perhaps also citizenship must be granted only as a result of a religious test. "^[1] He was opposed by his cousin Herbert Samuel, a moderate Zionist who became the first High Commissioner of Palestine. Herbert Louis Samuel 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC ( November 6, 1870 - February 2, 1963 High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking special executive positions held by a commission of appointment The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement

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Cartoon in Punch magazine 14 July 1920, on the occasion of Montagu labelling as "frightful" General Dyer for his role in the Amritsar massacre, as it was then known. Punch was a British weekly Magazine of Humour and Satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002 Brigadier-General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB ( October 9 1864 – July 23 1927) was a British Indian Army The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre, was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden in the northern Indian city of Amritsar

He led the Indian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, where he opposed plans for dividing Turkey (including the Greek occupation of Smyrna and the projected removal of the Sultan from Constantinople). India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία This article is on the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna principally in connection with the ruins remaining to this day Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS On this subject, at the Council of Four on 17 May 1919, he introduced representatives of Muslim India (including the Aga Khan) and urged that Muslim peoples were beginning to see the Conference as "taking sides against Islam". Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC ( November 2, 1877 &ndash July 11, ^[2]

Montagu was primarily responsible for the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms which led to the Government of India Act 1919 which committed the British to the eventual evolution of India to dominion status. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were reforms introduced by the British Government in India to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo V c 101 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to expand participation of the natives in the government of India India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities under sovereign authority within the British Empire and

In 1915, he married Venetia Stanley (1887-1948), who converted to Judaism upon her marriage. Beatrice Venetia Stanley Montagu ( August 22 1887 – August 3 1948) was a British aristocrat and Socialite best known Montagu resigned office in 1922 and died in 1924 at the age of 45. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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1. ^ Montagu, Edwin (1917-08-23). The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Chesterton is a former parliamentary constituency in Cambridgeshire, which elected one Member of Parliament (MP to the House of Commons A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency. Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray 1st Baron Murray of Elibank ( 12 April 1870 – 13 September 1920) PC was a Scottish nobleman This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule Charles Henry Roberts ( 22 August 1865 - 25 June 1959) was a British Liberal politician Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman PC ( 24 October 1873 &ndash 17 November 1927) was a British Liberal Party politician The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Herbert Louis Samuel 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC ( November 6, 1870 - February 2, 1963 The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Thomas McKinnon Wood, PC ( 26 January, 1855 &ndash 26 March 1927) was a British Liberal politician David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 &ndash 26 March 1945 was a British Statesman and the only Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison, KG, PC (19 June 1869 &ndash 11 December 1951 was a British Medical doctor and Politician Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG ( 16 October 1863 &ndash 17 March 1937) was a British Statesman, The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when Company rule in India ended and India was brought under direct British rule William Robert Wellesley Peel 1st Earl Peel GCSI GBE TD PC (1867&ndash1937 was a British politician who served as Liberal Unionist Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government. Retrieved on 2007-08-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
2. ^ The Deliberations of the Council of Four: notes of the official interpreter Paul Mantoux tr. A. S. Link (Princeton, 1992) vol. 2 p. 99.