Robert Monteith
Robert Monteith (1812 – 31 March 1884), DL, JP, was a Scottish politician and philanthropist, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark.[1]
Family
Robert Monteith was born in Glasgow, the only son of Henry Monteith (d. 1848), MP for Lanark Burghs. He was educated at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] where he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles. He converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1846 and was a prominent Christian socialist.
He married Wilhelmina Anne Mellish daughter of Joseph Mellish of Blythe, Nottinghamshire. They lived at Carstairs House.
Their son was:
He died at Carstairs House on 31 March 1884.[2]
Career
He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanarkshire on 27 October 1855.[3]
On 9 February 1870 he accompanied David Urquhart to a private audience with Pope Pius IX.[4]
References
- ^ The Plantagenet roll of the blood royal: being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994
- ^ a b "Monteith, Robert [Joseph Ignatius] (MNTT828RJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The London Gazette, October 1855, 21812
- ^ David Urquhart, Robert Monteith and the Catholic Church: A Search for Justice and Peace, Bernard Aspinwall. Innes Review, Volume 31, Edinburgh University Press, 1 Jan 1980