Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844–1924) was an

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member of the

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from 1922 until his death in 1924. He was the son of Hugh Severin Montgomery of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and educated at

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, graduating BA in 1868. His father died the year he was born and he inherited his Blessingbourne estate near

Fivemiletown Fivemiletown is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles (26 km) east of Enniskillen and 26 miles (43 km) west-south-west of Dungannon, on the A4 Enniskillen-to-Dungannon road. Fivemiletown's populat ...

, County Tyrone. There he rebuilt

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, which was started soon after his marriage and completed in 1874. The architect was

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and the house has an Elizabethan look. He was a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyrone and appointed

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for 1871 and

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for 1888. He participated as an Ulster delegate to the 1917–18

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. Among his sons were the civil servant and diplomat Sir Hubert Montgomery, General Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery, and

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Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd Field Marshal Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd, (6 December 1871 – 13 October 1947), known as Archibald Armar Montgomery until October 1926, was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Hugh 1844 births 1924 deaths Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland Deputy Lieutenants of Tyrone High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh High Sheriffs of Tyrone