Modern English biography

Lane_, _ii_ 258–61 (1881); _Saturday Programme 30 Aug. 1876 p._ 5, _portrait_; _Illust. sp. and dr. news_, _ix_ 555, 596 (1878) _portrait_, _x_ 6 (1878) _portrait_; _Theatre_, _ii_ 208 (1878). MONTALBA, HENRIETTA SKERRETT (youngest dau. of Anthony Rubens Montalba). _b._ 63 Oakley st. St. Pancras, London 1856; studied sculpture at South Kensington and in the school of the Belle Arti at Venice; pupil of Jules Dalou, French sculptor in London; the greater part of her work was executed in terra-cotta; exhibited portraits and fancy busts at the R.A., Grosvenor gallery, New gallery and elsewhere; her last work a lifesize figure of A Venetian boy catching a crab was exhibited at the R.A. 1893 and at International exhibition Chicago same year; resided latterly at Venice. _d._ the Palazzo Trevisazz, Zattere, Venice 14 Sep. 1893. _bur._ near her father in cemetery of St. Michele; the Princess Louise painted her portrait and presented it to the academy of Ottawa in Canada. _Art Journal_, _July 1894 pp._ 215–7, _portrait_; _Graphic 28 Oct. 1893 p._ 530, _portrait_; _Queen 7 Oct. 1893_. MONTALEMBERT, CHARLES FORBES RENÉ, Count de (son of Marc René Anne Marie de Montalembert an émigré and an officer in India, _d._ 21 June 1831, _m._ 1808 Eliza dau. of James Forbes of H.E.I.C.) _b._ Upper Brook st. London 15 May 1810; lived with James Forbes to 1 Aug. 1819, who then at his death left him everything; visited Ireland 1830; helped the abbé La Mennais to found l’Avenir 18 Oct. 1830; succeeded his father as a peer of France 21 June 1831; chief of the R.C. party in the chamber 1836; representative for Doubs in the National assembly 1848; condemned to fine and imprisonment for publishing Un debat sur l’Inde au parlement Anglais 24 Nov. 1858, but sentence rescinded 21 Dec; visited England 1855, 1858 and 1862; author of A letter to a member of the Camden society on Catholic literary societies on the architectural, artistical and archæological movements of the Puseyites 1844; De l’ avenir politique de l’ Angleterre 1856; Pius IX. and lord Palmerston 1856; The monks of the west from St. Benedict to St. Bernard 7 vols. 1861–79; The conversion of England, a sequel to The monks of the west 3 vols. 1867; St. Columba, apostle of Caledonia 1868; The insurrection in Poland 1863; Count de Montalembert’s Letter to a school-fellow 1874 and 40 other works. _d._ Paris 13 March 1870. _Mrs. Oliphant’s Memoir of Count de Montalembert_ 2 _vols._ (1872); _English Cyclopædia_, _iv_ 307 (1857), _Supplement 1872 p._ 902; _Larousse’s Grand Dictionnaire_, _xi_ 484, 485 (1874). MONTEAGLE, THOMAS SPRING-RICE, 1 Baron (elder son of Stephen Edward Rice of Mount Trenchard near Limerick _d._ Sep. 1831). _b._ Limerick 8 Feb. 1790; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1833; studied for the bar; M.P. Limerick 1820–32; M.P. Cambridge 1832–9; under sec. of state for home department 16 July 1827 to 5 April 1828; sec. of treasury 26 Nov. 1830 to 6 June 1834; sec. of state for the colonies 5 June 1834 to 18 April 1835; P.C. 5 June 1834; chancellor of the exchequer 18 April 1835 to 26 Aug. 1839; comptroller general of exchequer 9 Sep. 1839 to 1865; created baron Monteagle of Brandon, co. Kerry 5 Sep. 1839; F.R.S. 29 April 1841; fellow of univ. of London 1850 to death; author of Letter to the archbishop of Dublin on the ecclesiastical titles act 1851. _d._ Mount Trenchard near Limerick 7 Feb. 1866. MONTEATH, ALEXANDER M. Ed. at Edinburgh academy and univ., and at Haileybury college; entered Bengal civil service 1857; assistant magistrate and collector at Allahabad 1858; under secretary to government of India, financial and home departments 1861–7; director-general of the post office of India 1867, retired 1881; represented India at the postal conference at Berne 1876. _d._ Broich near Crieff, Perthshire 23 April 1893. MONTEATH-DOUGLAS, SIR THOMAS (son of Thomas Monteath). _b._ 1787; entered Bengal army 1805; ensign 17 Bengal N.I. 4 Dec. 1806, lieut. 9 Sep. 1808; captain 35 N.I. 1 May 1824, lieut.-col. 2 April 1834 to 3 Nov. 1843; commanded his regiment in Afghan war 1838–9 and a brigade in Afghan war 1842; A.D.C. to the queen 4 Oct. 1842 to 1854; lieut.-col. of 15 N.I. 3 Nov. 1843 to 30 Sep. 1845; col. of 68 N.I. 30 Sep. 1845 to 1846 and of 35 N.I. 1846 to death; commandant at Umballa 10 March 1846 to 10 Jany. 1851; general 9 April 1865; C.B. 29 Dec. 1839, K.C.B. 28 March 1865; took additional name of Douglas by r.l. 18 Dec.