Robert Monteith (politician) explained

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), twice Lord Provost of Glasgow and MP for Lanark Burghs, and his first wife, Christian Cameron.^[2]

He was educated at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge,

Notes and 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. Web site: Monteith, Henry (1764-1848), of Westbank, Renfrew Road, Glasgow and Carstairs House, Lanark. History of Parliament. 24 January 2019.