Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)
Joseph Monteith (29 March 1852 – 10 Oct 1911) DL, JP, of Carstairs, County Lanark, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland. Family He was the son of Robert Monteith, DL, 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. *Fran ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monteith House - Geograph
Monteith or Menteith may refer to: People *Alex Monteith (born 1977), new media artist *Alexander C. Monteith (1902–1979), senior vice-president of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation * Andrew Monteith (1823–1896), Canadian businessman and politician **John C. Monteith (1853–1940), Canadian politician and son of Andrew ** Joseph Monteith (1865–1934), Canadian politician and son of Andrew *** Jay Waldo Monteith (1903–1981), Canadian politician and son of Joseph * Robert Monteith (1812-1884) DL, JP, Scottish politician and philanthropist ** Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant) (1852-1911) DL, JP, son of Robert Monteith of Carstairs * Brian Monteith (born 1958), former Scottish politician * Cory Monteith (1982–2013), Canadian actor * Dermott Monteith (1943–2009), Irish cricketer * Hazel Monteith (1917-2012), Jamaican Senator, social worker and radio personality * Henry Ruthven Monteith (1848-1922), American professor at the University of Connecticut * Jimmie W. Monteit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maratha Light Infantry
The Maratha Light Infantry is a light infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It traces its lineage to the Bombay Sepoys, raised in 1768, making it the most senior light infantry regiment in the Indian Army. The class composition of the regiment was and is primarily formed by Maratha recruits from the former Maratha Empire. The men are mostly drawn from all over the state of Maharashtra, with some percentage from Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka including Coorg. The regimental centre has been in Belgaum, Karnataka, since 1922, which was part of the Bombay Presidency at that time. The battle cry of Maratha Light Infantry is, ''"Bola Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai (Say Victory To King Shivaji)"''. The regiment has won over 60 battle honours, including 21 in World War I. History Pre-independence The Marathas were a potent force in 16th, 17th, and 18th century India. Their military qualities were brilliantly optimised in their historic campaigns against the Mughals unde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deputy Lieutenants Of Lanarkshire
Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, Argentina, or Brazil. ** A member of a National Assembly, as in Costa Rica, France, Pakistan, Poland or Quebec. ** A member of the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland) ** A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district ** Deputy (Acadian), a position in 18th-century Nova Scotia, Canada * Deputy Führer, a title for the deputy head of the Nazi Party * A subordinate ** Deputy premier, a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including: *** First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union *** Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1911 Deaths
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. El ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1852 Births
Year 185 ( CLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lascivius and Atilius (or, less frequently, year 938 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 185 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed. * Publius Helvius Pertinax is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the British Roman legions who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor. * Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus. * Commodus drains Rome's treasury to put on gladiatorial spectacles and confiscates property to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carstairs House Tramway
The Carstairs House Tramway operated between Carstairs railway station and Carstairs House between 1888 and 1895. History The tramway was built by Joseph Monteith who owned Carstairs House Carstairs House, also known as Monteith House, is a country house south-west of Carstairs South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building. History Carstairs House was designed by the Edinburgh architect Wil .... The construction engineers were Anderson and Munro, Electrical Engineers, 136 Bothwell Street, Glasgow.The Electrical engineer, Volume 3, 1889 Its purpose was to provide transport for his family and guests to and from Carstairs railway station. He pioneered the use of hydroelectric power, and constructed a power station to provide electricity for the house and tramway. The system was described in the ''Leeds Times'' of Saturday 18 May 1889 as follows: Closure Electric services probably ceased around 1895 and then the line was operat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carstairs House
Carstairs House, also known as Monteith House, is a country house south-west of Carstairs South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building. History Carstairs House was designed by the Edinburgh architect William Burn and built for Henry Monteith MP between 1821 and 1823. It then passed to his son Robert Monteith, and on his death to Joseph Monteith, who built a hydroelectric plant at nearby Jarviswood, and the Carstairs House Tramway to transport guests and family to and from Carstairs railway station. It was purchased by Sir James King, the former Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1899. In 1924 Carstairs House was acquired the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow The Archdiocese of Glasgow ( la, Archidioecesis Glasguensis) is the metropolitan see of the Province of Glasgow in the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. The episcopal seat of the developing diocese was established by Saint Kentigern in the 6t ... who had selected it as base fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Wales Borderers
The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In 1782, it became the 24th Regiment of Foot, and had its depot in Warwickshire. Based at Brecon from 1873, the regiment recruited from the border counties of Brecknockshire, Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire. It was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American War of Independence, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Second Boer War, and World War I and World War II. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales. History Early history The regiment was formed by Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot in 1689, becoming known, like other regiments, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet Of Harrington Gardens
Sir Charles Norris Nicholson, 1st Baronet (30 July 1857 – 29 November 1918) was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Doncaster from 1906 to 1918. Background He was born in 1857 a son of William Norris Nicholson and Emily Daniel, daughter of James Stock Daniel. His father was Secretary to two Liberal Lord Chancellors, Lord Truro and Lord Cranworth, and Master in Lunacy. He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, In 1882 he married Amy Letitia Crosfield of Warrington.The Liberal Year Book, 1908 He had a younger brother Reginald, who also went on to become a Liberal MP. The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Harrington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 February 1912. Professional career He undertook legal training and in 1878 he received a Call to Bar and in 1880 joined Lincoln's Inn.Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918. He chose not to practise and instead worked in the Lunacy Off ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sovereign Military Order Of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; la, Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis), commonly known as the Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. Though it possesses no territory, the order is often considered a sovereign entity of international law, as it maintains diplomatic relations with many countries. The Order claims continuity with the Knights Hospitaller, a chivalric order that was founded about 1099 by the Blessed Gerard in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The order is led by an elected prince and grand master. Its motto is (''defence of the faith and assistance to the poor''). The Order venerates the Virgin Mary as its p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gordon Highlanders
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia * Gordon, Australian Capital Territory * Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia * Gordon, Victoria * Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada * Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario * Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |