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Louis Samuel Montagu, birth 10 Dec 1869 BELFAST, IRELAND, died 11 Jun 1927 28 Kensington Court, London, W8, Middlesex, England, son of Samuel Montagu and Ellen Cohen
2nd Lord Swaythling
Pesident of the Federation of Synagogues, an anti-Zionist, and noted for his statement that "Judaism is to me only a religion". His son Ewen wrote The Man Who Never Was.

Married 9 Feb 1898 New West End Synagogue, LONDON, ENGLAND to:
Gladys Helen Rachel Goldsmid, birth 4 Dec 1879 BELFAST, IRELAND, died 8 Jan 1965 28 Kensington Court, London, England, daughter of Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid and Ida Stewart Hendriks
1) Stuart Albert Samuel Montagu, birth 19 Dec 1898 38 Hyde Park Gate, London, SW, Middlesex, England, died 5 Jan 1990
3rd Baron Swaythling

(divorced) to:
Mary Violet Levy, daughter of Walter Henry Levy and Nellie Samuel
2) Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu, birth 29 Mar 1901 28 Kensington Court, London, Middlesex, England, died 19 Jul 1985 to:
Iris Rachel Solomon
3) Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu, birth 23 Apr 1904 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 1984
IVOR GOLDSMID MONTAGU

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Sport: Table Tennis
Inducted: 1984
Country: Great Britain
Born: April 23, 1904 in London, England
Died: 1984

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Ivor Montagu is 1 of 10 men who met in Germany in January 1926 and set in motion a series of events that made table tennis an international sport. In 1926, Montagu initiated the creation of
the International Table Tennis Federation and served as its first president for 41 years until 1967. The ITTF began with four member countries and grew to 160 national associations during his leadership.

The constitution and laws of the sport of table tennis were adopted and the World Table Tennis Championships established during a meeting at the family home of Lord and Lady Swaythling, Montagu&Aelig;s parents.

At age 18, he was a founder of the English Table Tennis Association (ETTA), and served as its chairman from 1923 to 1929, from 1932 to 1933, and again from 1936 to 1958. He was also the
ETTA&Aelig;s president from 1927 to 1931 and 1958 to 1966.

The trophy presented annually to the men&Aelig;s World Champion table tennis team bears the name Swaythling Cupùnamed for Montagu&Aelig;s mother, Lady Gladys Goldsmid Montagu Swaythling.

Montagu was the first non-player elected to the ITTF Hall of Fame.
to:
Eileen Hellstern, birth 14 May 1904, died 1984, daughter of Francis Anton Hellstern and Kate Mansfield
4) Joyce Ida Jessie Montagu
living - details excluded
to:
Oliver Harry Frost
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