Joseph Monteith (29 March 1852 – 10 Oct 1911) DL, JP, of Carstairs, County Lanark,

Knight 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; ...

, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland.

Family

He was the son of

Robert Monteith Robert Monteith (1812 – 31 March 1884), DL, JP, was a Scottish politician and philanthropist, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark. Family Robert Monteith was born in Glasgow, the only son of Henry Monteith (d. 1848), twice Lord Provos ...

, 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 Llanarth Court is a late-18th-century country house with substantial 19th-century alterations in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales. The court was built for the Jones family of Treowen and was subsequently the home of Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen ...

at Llanarth, Monmouthshire. The children from this marriage were: *Major Henry Monteith, b. Aug 1876; Major in the

Lanarkshire Yeomanry The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments in the Second World War, before being ama ...

; 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 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 ...

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 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 Will ...

(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 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 ...

. 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”.The London Gazette, July 30, 1875, 3832

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monteith, Joseph 1852 births 1911 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire Scottish Roman Catholics Lanarkshire Yeomanry officers