Baron Amwell, of Islington in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 16 July 1947 for the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician Frederick Montague

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Amwell was the son of John Montague and Mary Ann Manderson. He worked as a newsboy and as a shop assistant and later became a copywriter and political agent...

. He had previously represented Islington West

Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)

Islington West was a borough constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in North London.It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Air

Under-Secretary of State for Air

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 from 1929 to 1931. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990.

Barons Amwell (1947)

• Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell
  Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell
  Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Amwell was the son of John Montague and Mary Ann Manderson. He worked as a newsboy and as a shop assistant and later became a copywriter and political agent...
  
   (1876–1966)
• Frederick Norman Montague, 2nd Baron Amwell (1912–1990)
• Keith Norman Montague, 3rd Baron Amwell (b. 1943)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Ian Keith Montague (b. 1973)