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Earl of Sandwich

The Right Hon. Earl Sandwich

John Edward Hollister Montagu is a British entrepreneur, politician and nobleman. He was educated at the highly esteemed Eton College and attained his Bachelor’s degree from Trinity College, The University of Cambridge.

He is the 11^th Earl of Sandwich succeeding his father Victor Montagu in earldom in 1995. He is one of the 90 elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords. He sits as a cross-bencher and speakers mainly on international development and on asylum issues with additional interests in policy for Health Services and medicine; arts and heritage; and agriculture. Most recently he has been a member on the committee for External Affairs and the European Union Committee in the House of Lords.