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Chaophraya Surasakmontri

{{Short description|Nobleman, businessman and military officer in Thailand}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Surasakmontri

| native_name = สุรศักดิ์มนตรี

| honorific-prefix = Chaophraya

| image = Choem Saeng-Chuto.jpg

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| caption = Surasakmontri in 1928

| office = Minister of Agriculture

| term_start = 1894

| term_end = 1899

| predecessor = Chaophraya Phatsakorawong

| successor = Chaophraya Thewetwongwiwat

| office1 = Chief of the Army Department

| term_start1 = 1890

| term_end1 = 1892

| predecessor1 = Prince Damrong Rajanubhab

| successor1 = Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse

| birth_name = Choem Saeng-chuto

| birth_date = {{birth date|1851|3|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bangkok, Siam

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|7|1|1851|3|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Bangkok, Siam

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| spouse = Rai Bunnag
Liam Bunnag

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| allegiance = {{flagicon|Thailand|1917}} Royal Siamese Army

| branch =

| rank = 15px Field Marshal

| serviceyears = 1870 - 1892

| commands = Commander of the Siamese forces

| battles = Haw wars, Ngiao rebellion

| nickname = Jerm Sang-Chuto

| nationality = Thai

| partner = Phraya Surasak Montri, Bunnak

}}

Chaophraya Surasakmontri (28 March 1851 – 1 July 1931),{{cite book |last1=Mishra |first1=Patit Paban |title=The history of Thailand |date=2010 |publisher=Greenwood |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |isbn=978-0313340918 |page=86}}{{Cite web |title=ประวัติของศรีราชา (รวบรวมและเรียบเรียงจากหนังสือ 100 ปี ศรีราชา) |url=https://www.konruksriracha.in.th/15099697/-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.konruksriracha.in.th |language=th}}{{Cite web |date=4 January 2022 |title=ทำไมเจ้าพระยาสุรศักดิ์มนตรี ถูกกล่าวหาว่าเป็น “กบฏแผ่นดิน” ?!? |url=https://www.silpa-mag.com/history/article_80209}} born as Choem Saeng-chuto, was a Thai field marshal, nobleman, and businessman. He was best known in Haw wars campaign. He served as Commander of the Department of the Army from 1890 to 1892, and as Minister of Agriculture afterwards.{{cite book |last1=Brow |first1=James |title=Population, land and structural change in Sri Lanka and Thailand |date=1976 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=9004045295 }} He established a sawmill in Si Racha in 1900.{{cite news |title=A Trip Through Little Osaka |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/print/1005601/ |access-date=4 June 2018 |publisher=Bangkok Post |date=9 Jun 2016}}

The city of Chaophraya Surasak in Chonburi is named after him.

Biography

Chaophraya Surasakmontri was born in 1851 in Thonburi, Rattanakosin Kingdom, to his father Phraya Surasakmontri (Sang Chuto) and mother Doem Bunnak. He is the grandson of Phraya Surasena (Sawat Chuto).

As a child, he received education at Wat Phichai Yat until the age of 13.{{Cite web |title=จอมพล มหาอำมาตย์เอก เจ้าพระยาสุรศักดิ์มนตรี (เจิม แสงชูโต) : เกร็ดความรู้ จากสารานุกรมไทย |url=https://www.baanjomyut.com/library/knowledge_of_encyclopedias/828.html |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.baanjomyut.com}}

In 1878, he was appointed as the chargé d'affaires to the British Empire to negotiate with the British consular general George Knox.

In 1900, Chaophraya Surasakmontri came to the area of the modern town{{where|date=August 2023}} and built a sawmill under his company Si Racha Capital Company Limited. In 1903, he requested that the district capital of Bang Phra district be moved to Si Racha, which it did.

In 1902, King Chulalongkorn gave orders to Chaophraya Surasakmontri to quell the Ngiao rebellion in Phrae province in northern Thailand against Siamese rule and centralization. He would reclaim rebel controlled land, with the leader of Phrae, Chao Phiriya Thepphawong, fleeing into Luang Phrabang.

Chaophraya Surasakmontri died on 1 July 1931. His funeral was held on 8 April 1931 at Wat Thepsirinthrawat.

Honours

References

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{{s-bef|before= Damrong Rajanubhab|as=Grand-officer to the Army}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chief of the Army Department|years=1890–1892}}

{{s-aft|after= Bhanubandhu Vongsevoradej|as=Chief of the Joint Operations Department }}

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{{s-bef|before=Bhaskorawongse}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Agriculture|years=1892–1896}}

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Category:Chaophraya

Category:1851 births

Category:1931 deaths

Category:Field marshals of Thailand

Category:Commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army

Category:Ministers of agriculture and cooperatives of Thailand

Category:Members of the Privy Council of Thailand

Chaophraya

Category:Bunnag family