We much regret to record the death of Lord Montagu
of Beaulieu, at the age of 62. He was best known as a pioneer of motoring, but this enthusiasm was only a particular expression of his technical knowledge of engin- eering, and of all the problems of transport and road making. And he was not only an engineer, but sportsman, oarsman, yachtsman, archaeologist, war-correspondent and locomotive driver. He learned his engineering in the shops of the London and South Western Railway, and at least twice during railway strikes he returned to the South Western as a driver. One of the wedding presents which he most valued on the occasion of his second marriage was from the crew of an engine which he had driven in the General Strike. He used to point out what an " English " present it was. " It never could have happened in any other country 1 " • * *
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