Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)

Carstairs House, now called Monteith House

Joseph Monteith (29 March 1852 - 10 Oct 1911) DL, JP, of Carstairs, County Lanark, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark.[1]

Family

He was the son of Robert Monteith, DL,[2] 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:

Career

Power station at Jarviswood

He resided at Carstairs House (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.

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”.[3]

References

  1. 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
  2. from 27 October 1855, The London Gazette
  3. The London Gazette, July 30 1875, 3832
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