Joseph Monteith Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace, of Carstairs, County Lanark, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark.
Background
He was the son of Robert Monteith, Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace, 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 January 1900), daughter of John Arthur Edward Herbert and the Honorary
Career
Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall of Llanarth Court at Llanarth, Monmouthshire. The children from this marriage were:
Henry Monteith, b. August 1876; Major in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry.
K.a.
Gallipoli, 27 December 1915. Revd. Robert Monteith, Statens Järnvägar, CF. B. 6 November 1877. Died of wounds received in action 27 November 1917.
Basil Monteith, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace, b.
1878 Major in the Gordon Highlanders. Married Dorothea, daughter of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet of Harrington Gardens and had issue.
Francis Monteith, lived in Vancouver. Edmund Monteith, Major in the Maratha Light Infantry, married and had issue.
John Monteith, Major in the South Wales Borderers
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
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”.