Charles Edgar Samuel Montagu, 5th Baron Swaythling (born 20 February 1954) is the fifth Baron Swaythling

Baron Swaythling

Baron Swaythling, of Swaythling in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1907 for the prominent Jewish banker, Liberal politician and philanthropist, Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Swaythling in the...

. He is the middle child but only son of David Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling

David Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling

David Charles Samuel Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling was a British peer who held prominent positions in a number of notable British companies...

 and Christiane Françoise Dreyfus. His two sisters are Fiona Yvonne Montagu and Nicole Mary Montagu.

Educated at Milton Abbey

Milton Abbey

Milton Abbey School is a British independent school in the Dorset countryside. It has 227 pupils in six boarding Houses, called Athelstan, Bancks, Damer, Hambro, Middleton and Tregonwell. Founded in 1954, it welcomes boys from 13 to 16 years and is coeducational in the sixth form.The school has a...

, Charles married Hon Angela Rawlinson (daughter of Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell

Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell

Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, PC, QC was an English barrister, politician and author. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Epsom for 23 years, from 1955 to 1978, and held the offices of Solicitor General and Attorney General for England and Wales and for...

) on 24th February 1996, becoming her second husband.

He succeeded his father to the title of Baron Swaythling on 1st July 1998 and was recorded as The Rt Hon The Lord Swaythling on 3rd February 2004 at the House of Lords

House of Lords

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