Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)
Joseph Monteith CBE DL JP (29 March 1852 – 10 October 1911) of Carstairs, County Lanark, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the son of Robert Monteith, DL,[2] JP, of Carstairs, by Wilhelmina Anne, daughter of Joseph Mellish of Blythe, Nottinghamshire.
On 13 October 1874 he married Florence Catharine Mary Herbert (17 April 1850 – 23 Jan 1900), daughter of John Arthur Edward Herbert and the Hon. Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall of Llanarth Court at Llanarth, Monmouthshire. The children from this marriage were:[3]
- Gertrude Mary Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order.
- Major Henry John Monteith, b. Aug 1876; Major in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry; k.a. Gallipoli, 27 Dec 1915.
- Revd. Robert Joseph Monteith, SJ, CF; b. 6 Nov 1877; died 27 Nov 1917 at Ribécourt-la-Tourof during the battle Cambrai while serving as a military chaplain.
- Major Joseph Basil Monteith, OBE, DL, JP, b. 1878 Major in the Gordon Highlanders; married Dorothea, daughter of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet of Harrington Gardens and had issue.
- Francis Bernard Monteith, settled in Vancouver and worked as a surveyor.
- Mary Christina Monteith, married Lt. Col. Lawrie Charles Oppenheim.
- Augusta Catherine Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order.
- Major Montague Edmund Monteith, of the Maratha Light Infantry, married Isabella Marion FitzGibbon.
- Major John Herbert Monteith, Major in the South Wales Borderers, married Caroline Annie Maguire.
- Captain George Michael Monteith, Captain in the Gordon Highlanders, killed at the battle of Loos in the First World War
- Catherine Maria Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order.
- Christian Mary Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order.
- Monica Margaret Monteith, married Robert Ogilvie Abercromby.
Career
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He resided at Carstairs House (now called Monteith House). The estate comprised 5581 acres. He undertook much improvement work, including the provision of electric power for the house from a hydro electric plant at Jarviswood. He also used this electric power to power the Carstairs House Tramway.
He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lanark. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark.
He submitted a patent to the patent office on 20 July 1875 for “improvements in the construction of velocipedes”.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994
- ^ from 27 October 1855, The London Gazette
- ^ Wikipedia: Joseph Francis Monteith (DeputyLieutenant) https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Joseph_Monteith_(Deputy_Lieutenant)
- ^ The London Gazette, July 30, 1875, 3832