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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]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir James Monteath |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 April 1929 |page=16 }}</ref> He was the acting governor of [[Bombay]] during the [[British Raj]] from 5 September 1903 to 12 December 1903.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=35079|title=Monteath, Sir James|first=Katherine|last=Prior}}</ref><ref>{{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.}}</ref> <br />
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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.<ref name="times"/><br />
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He was married to Amelia Hunter for 54 years. They had three daughters and four sons, including Sir [[David Monteath]]<ref>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir David Monteath – The India Office |work=[[The Times]] |date=29 September 1961 |page= 15 }}</ref> and [[John Monteath]], who also served in British India as colonial administrators.<ref name="BOOK">{{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 |page=444-445 |isbn=978-1108036160 |accessdate=2018-12-01}}</ref><br />
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