Those from noteworthy families often feel entitled to abuse young people according to Robert Montagu , the son of the 10th Earl of Sandwich who was abused by his own father as a boy . He made the comments at the Oxford Literary Festival while discussing his book , A Humour Of Love , in which he reveals years of abuse , including a single rape , carried out by father Victor . Mr Montagu said that , during his years at Eton , rape was common , adding that people with 'entitled backgrounds ' were given 'more opportunities ' to be abusive towards children . Robert Montagu , son of the 10th Earl of Sandwich , suffered years of abuse by his father . Speaking at a Literary festival in Oxford , he said 'noteworthy families ' often feel entitled to abuse people . In a report for The Times , he said : 'People from noteworthy families do feel a sense of entitlement . 'It is true that people from an entitled background have more opportunities , maybe circumstances have made it more likely that they will abuse . 'We used to have this ethos that you just kept quiet about things in your life . At school you were taught the stiff upper lip . Thank goodness we got rid of that lip . ' Mr Montagu was abused by his father ( pictured ) from the age of seven to 11 , including a single instance of rape . Mr Montagu has talked in the past about how a loving relationship with his father turned to abuse when he was aged seven . It began after his mother , Rosemary Peto , goddaughter of Queen Maud of Norway , left the family home , and he believes his father used it as a way to cope with the loss . He wrote about being groomed by his father , as hugs and tickles gave way to kisses , which in turn gave way to serial and serious abuse . In a previous interview , he said : ‘ It was what we did every day . It was accepted that I would always go to his room at half past seven in the morning until quarter to nine . ‘ I felt I was fulfilling a function of my mother who was missing . It was my duty , to some extent , to be in the position I was in and that is the reason I did not resist . 'That feeling was hinted at by my father , by sometimes making comments comparing me to my mother . 'He never said it in outright terms – we never discussed what he was doing in any terms whatsoever – but it was implicit that I was helping him emotionally . ' At the time of the book 's publication , in September last year , he said it would likely sour relations between himself and his elder brother John , the 11th earl , who is also a peer in the House of Lords . Speaking now , he says his family are 'cross and unhappy ' with his book , and that he is given dark looks at family events , and hug which are then turned into pushes . However , he has repeatedly stated that he felt the story needed to be told , after he revealed the abuse to his mother and family doctor as a young boy , only for it to be swept under the rug . Mr Montagu has previously told how , every morning , he would be called to his father 's room at the family home at Mapperton , in Dorset ( pictured ) , and would stay there from 7.30 until 8.45am . He said that following his confession he expected his father to be taken to jail , but nothing was done , and Mr Montagu was even returned to his care , though the abuse stopped . Mr Montagu says there were other victims , beside himself , and that he has personally spoken to ten of them - though believes there could be another ten he has yet to identify . Asked why there was such a reluctance for her father 's story to be told , his daughter Fiamma said : 'In our case it has been because of the Establishment . Everybody has a vested interest in getting him to shut up .
Said made remarks while discussing book telling of his abuse . Robert Montagu 'noteworthy families ' are often given more opportunities to abuse . He was groomed and attacked by his own father from age seven to 11 . Confessed abuse to his mother and family doctor but nothing was done .