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September 30, 1871 (age 84)

He contributed regularly to the magazine The Cricketer as well as writing numerous books on the subject. After completing his schooling at Eton College in 1887, Montagu became a journalist and writer and subsequently a publisher, at one time being the sole proprietor of Williams & Norgate Limited. In addition to his own books, he contributed to annuals for county clubs and also wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He was known on cricket grounds all over the country, being recognisable by the red carnation that he always wore. His memories of cricket went back as far as 1878, when as a small boy he was taken to the Gentlemen of England v. the Australians match at Prince"s Cricket Ground. He first went to Lord"s in 1880, when he met West. G. Grace. Later that season he watched the first Test match to be played in England, at The Oval. He attended no fewer than seventy of the annual Oxford v. Cambridge games. He collaborated with the latter two in editing the Marylebone Cricket Club"s (Master Control Console) Memorial Biography of West. G. Grace. He was President of the London Club Cricketers" Conference in 1917-1918, chairman of the Sports Conference in 1919, and held practically every honorary position for Sussex, being their President in 1948. When young he played for Master Control Console amateur sides, but never played first-class cricket. However for his services to Sussex, he was given a county cap, an old one belonging to A. East. R. Gilligan. He succeeded to the Baronetcy when his father died in 1906. As he had no children from either of his two marriages, the title, created by King Charles I in 1631, became extinct with his death.

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He contributed regularly to the magazine The Cricketer as well as writing numerous books on the subject. After completing his schooling at Eton College in 1887, Montagu became a journalist and writer and subsequently a publisher, at one time being the sole proprietor of Williams & Norgate Limited. In addition to his own books, he contributed to annuals for county clubs and also wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

He was known on cricket grounds all over the country, being recognisable by the red carnation that he always wore.

His memories of cricket went back as far as 1878, when as a small boy he was taken to the Gentlemen of England v. the Australians match at Prince"s Cricket Ground. He first went to Lord"s in 1880, when he met West. G. Grace.

Later that season he watched the first Test match to be played in England, at The Oval. He attended no fewer than seventy of the annual Oxford v.

Cambridge games. He collaborated with the latter two in editing the Marylebone Cricket Club"s (Master Control Console) Memorial Biography of West. G. Grace.

He was President of the London Club Cricketers" Conference in 1917-1918, chairman of the Sports Conference in 1919, and held practically every honorary position for Sussex, being their President in 1948. When young he played for Master Control Console amateur sides, but never played first-class cricket. However for his services to Sussex, he was given a county cap, an old one belonging to A. East. R. Gilligan.

He succeeded to the Baronetcy when his father died in 1906.

As he had no children from either of his two marriages, the title, created by King Charles I in 1631, became extinct with his death.

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Outside cricket, he held a post at the Air Ministry in 1918 and was a member of the Committee of National Alliance of Employers and Employed from 1918 to 1919.

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He was an enthusiastic statistician but a somewhat inaccurate one, a fact noted by Plum Warner in Sir Home"s obituary.

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