The first wife of Edward, Lord Montagu, the name behind the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, has died aged 90. Belinda, Lady Montagu was a needlework expert who made presentation cushions and kneelers for the royal family, including the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She helped Edward, Lord Montagu create Montagu Motor Museum, which became the National Motor Museum, in 1972. Her death, a few weeks before what would have been her 91st birthday, was announced in a statement issued by the museum. It said: “The Montagu family is sad to announce the death of Belinda, Lady Montagu, first wife of Edward, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, and mother of Ralph, the present Lord Montagu, and Mary Montagu-Scott.”
Edward, Lord Montagu married the former Belinda Crossley in 1959. Writing in his autobiography,…
