Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)
Joseph Monteith (29 March 1852 – 10 Oct 1911) DL, JP, of Carstairs, County Lanark, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland.[1]
Family[]
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:
- Major Henry Monteith, b. Aug 1876; Major in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry; k.a. Gallipoli, 27 Dec 1915.
- Revd. Robert Monteith, SJ, CF; b. 6 Nov 1877; died of wounds received in action 27 Nov 1917.
- Major Joseph Basil Lawrence Monteith, CBE, 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 Monteith, lived in Vancouver.
- Major Edmund Monteith, Major in the Maratha Light Infantry, married and had issue.
- Major John Monteith, Major in the South Wales Borderers
- Captain George Monteith, Captain in the Gordon Highlanders, killed in the First World War
- Gertrude Mary Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order
- Gertrude Augusta Monteith
- Augusta Catherine Monteith, nun of the Sacred Heart order
- Catherine Monteith
- Margaret Monica Mary Monteith,
- Christian Paula Mary Monteith
Career[]
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”.[3]
References[]
- 1852 births
- 1911 deaths
- Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire
- Scottish Roman Catholics
- Lanarkshire Yeomanry officers