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Sir Alexander Leslie Montgomery, 3rd Baronet (14 March 1807 – 13 June 1888) was a

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officer. The second son of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 1st Baronet, by his marriage to Sarah Mercer Grove, he was educated at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and joined the Royal Navy as a

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in 1819. “Obituary: Sir Alexander Leslie Montgomery, 3rd Baronet” in ''

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'', Vol. 92 (1888)
p. 682
/ref> In 1845 Montgomery was serving as a Commander in HMS ''Grecian'' off the east coast of South America. Promoted to captain in 1846, the next year he was appointed an Officer of the

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of the

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. He became a Vice-Admiral in 1871 and an Admiral in 1877. In 1878 he succeeded his older brother

Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 2nd Baronet, PC (1803–1878) was a British administrator in India. Biography Montgomery was the eldest son of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery (d 1830). The father served in India for many years as a cavalry off ...

. On 30 June 1840, Montgomery married Caroline Rose Campbell, a daughter of James Campbell of

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, and they had five children. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Hugh Conyngham Montgomery, 4th Baronet. His daughter Rachel Mary married

Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, (20 December 1781 – 24 May 1849) was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as Paymaster of the Forces between 1834 and 1835 and as Paymaster-General between 1841 and 1845. Backgr ...

.Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ''Armorial Families'', vol. II (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1929), p. 1110

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Montgomery, Alexander Leslie
''A Naval Biographical Dictionary'' by William Richard O'Byrne
Alexander Leslie Montgomery R.N.
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