Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling

Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869–1927) was a prominent British Jew, financier, and political activist. He was the son and heir of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.

He was educated at Clifton College, and later became head of the family banking business.

In 1917, along with Lionel Nathan de Rothschild and Sir Philip Magnus. he co-founded the anti-Zionist League of British Jews.

He was married to Gladys Helen Rachel Goldsmid (1879–1965), a member of both the Goldsmith and Rothschild banking families. They had four children:

• Stuart Albert Montagu, 3rd Baron Swaythling and father of David Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling.
• Ewen Montagu, lawyer, judge, and naval officer.
• Ivor Montagu, film maker.
• Joyce Ida Jessie Montagu.

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