Henry James (Montgomery) Purvis-Russell-Hamilton-Montgomery (1859 - 1947)

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Henry Montgomery and Anna Maria Elphinstone

Descendants

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Biography

Henry was born in 1859. He was the son of Thomas Henry Montgomery and Anna Maria Elphinstone. He was given the name of Henry James Montgomery at birth. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kinross-shire. In 1906 his name was legally changed to James Purvis-Russell-Montgomery. He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Montgomery, of Stanhope, co. Peebles [U.K., 1801] on 1 April 1930. He was also known as Henry James Purvis-Russell-Hamilton-Montgomery as of 1933. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Kinross-shire in 1934.

He married Mary Maude Purvis-Russell, daughter of T. Rurvis-Russell, in 1882.

Their children:

1. Mary Gertrude Montgomery d. 1912
2. Sir Basil Purvis-Russell Montgomery, 8th Baronet (25 Sep-1884 - 28 Jan 1964)
3. Ethel Anna Montgomery (1887 - 16 Feb 1968)
4. Lt.- Col. Henry Keith Purvis-Russell-Montgomery (1896 - 1 Oct 1954)
5. Clementina Helen Maud Purvis-Russell Montgomery (1900-1982)

He passed away in 1947.

Sources

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Michael Montgomery, FTDNA kit # MK82752, and his 5th cousin, James Montgomery, FTDNA kit # MK82751, match at a Genetic Distance of 1 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is James Montgomery, 1st Baronet of Stanhope, the 4x great grandfather of both Michael Montgomery and James Montgomery.
• Sir Henry James Purvis-Russell-Hamilton-Montgomery, 7th Bt. at ThePeerage.com

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