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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Montgomery    
First Name(s)  Henry Conyngham    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1803    
Death Year  1878    
Entry  I.C.S. : eldest son of Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart. : educated at Eton and Haileybury : was Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Wellesley when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1822-4 : finally left Haileybury, 1824 : out to Madras, 1825, in the Civil Service : succeeded to the Baronetcy, 1830 : sent on a special commission to the Rajamundry (Godavery) district, which led to the irrigation of that district from the Godavery : Secretary to the Madras Government in the Revenue and Public Works Department, 1845-50 : Chief Secretary, 1850-5 : Member of Council 1855-7, when he retired : one of the original members of the new Council of India, chosen by the Crown, in Sep. 1858 : retired, 1876 : Privy Councillor : died June 24, 1878.     
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