Edwin Samuel Montagu
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Edwin Samuel Montagu was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India and played a key role in shaping early 20th-century constitutional reforms for British India.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British politician
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Liberal Party politician → human → |
| areaOfInfluence | British India → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom → |
| educatedAt |
Clifton College
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Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish → |
| familyName | Montagu → |
| father |
1st Baron Swaythling
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Samuel Montagu → |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial administration
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constitutional reform → politics → |
| givenName | Edwin → |
| hasRole |
Cabinet minister of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State in the British Cabinet → |
| ideology | British liberalism → |
| languageSpoken | English → |
| memberOf | Liberal Party (UK) → |
| middleName | Samuel → |
| notableFor |
August 1917 Montagu Declaration
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surface form: "Montagu Declaration of 1917 on Indian constitutional development"
advocacy of constitutional reforms in British India → criticism of the Balfour Declaration → policy of dyarchy in Indian provincial government → role in British policy towards India → |
| notableWork |
Government of India Act 1919
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Government of India Act 1919 →
surface form: "Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms"
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| occupation | politician → |
| opposedTo | political Zionism → |
| parliamentaryGroup | House of Commons of the United Kingdom → |
| partOf |
UK government
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surface form: "British government"
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| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State for India → |
| religion | Judaism → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| spouse | Violet Bonham Carter → |
| workLocation |
India
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London, England →
surface form: "London"
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