James Monteath

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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Sir James Monteath {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI}} (7 September 1847 – 18 April 1929) was a Scottish administrator in British India.{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir James Monteath |work=The Times |date=22 April 1929 |page=16 }} He was the acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 5 September 1903 to 12 December 1903.{{cite ODNB|id=35079|title=Monteath, Sir James|first=Katherine|last=Prior}}{{cite book|title=The India List and India Office List|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3VQTAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3VQTAAAAYAAJ/page/n169 129]|year=1905|publisher=Harrison.}}

Monteath was born in Lockerbie, the son of Thomas Monteath. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's College, Belfast before passing the Indian Civil Service examination in 1868.

He served as a Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the 1903 Durbar Honours.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Durbar Honours |date=1 January 1903 |page=8 |issue=36966}}{{London Gazette |issue=27511|date=1 January 1903 |page=2 |supp=y}}

He was married to Amelia Hunter for 54 years. They had three daughters and four sons, including Sir David Monteath{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir David Monteath – The India Office |work=The Times |date=29 September 1961 |page= 15 }} and John Monteath, who also served in British India as colonial administrators.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuU54j4aT6QC&q=prime+minister+of+Junagadh+State+monteath&pg=PA444 |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 |last=Venn |first=John |publisher=Cambridge University Press|volume=2nd volume |date=2011 |pages=444–445 |isbn=978-1108036160 |accessdate=2018-12-01}}