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Name: MONTAGU, Monthermer Stanley Hume 'Old Mont' MC, JP
Nee: related to Duke of Manchester, son of Lord Robert Montagu
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1868 Kensington, London
Death Date: 31 Dec 1954 Nairobi
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1953
Profession: Farmer at Kiambu 1910 - very involved with coffee.
Area: Kiambu, P.O. Box 134, 1937 Rumuruti, Thomson's Falls
Married: In Kiambu 2 Oct 1913 Mrs Harriet Jesse Collet née Forbes (widow) b. 5 Feb 1882 Valparaiso, d. 25 June 1959 Mombasa
Children: Walter Bernard St. John (5 Dec 1915 Nairobi-1992); Charles Sydney Beattie (8 June 1918 Nairobi-24 July 1942 RAFVR, killed in action); Olivia Millicent (Rodwell) (24 Oct 1914 Nairobi-1997)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Who's Who, Barnes, Leader14
War Service: Served in Boer War from 1899-1902. EA Campaign 1914-19 as Captain, EAMR - A Sqdn 5/8/14 - Lieut. 10/8/14; Capt. 9/11/14
School: Wellington College
General Information:
Debrett - S. Africa 1899-1902 (wounded), E. Africa 1914-19 (despatches, MC); is a JP
East Africa & Rhodesia - 7/1/54 - Mr Monthermer Stanley Hume Montagu, MC, who has died in Nairobi aged 85, had lived in Kenya, since 1910, taking up farming after a distinguished military career. Even in 1943, at the age of 75, he served as a private in the Kenya Defence Force. The son of Lord Robert Montagu, and grandson of the 7th Duke of Manchester, he was born in London, educated at Wellington College, and after serving an engineering apprenticeship, went to Assam. At 31 he sailed for South Africa, enlisting under Plumer in the Rhodesia Regt. After the SA War, Mr Montagu transferred to the Namaqualand Border Scouts, commanding them for a year. Later he joined the Legion of Frontiersmen.
He was commissioned in the EAMR on their formation in 1914. After demobilization he farmed near Thomson's Falls, and later near Kiambu. His military decorations included the MC, awarded in 1918, the Queen's medal with 4 clasps (S. Africa) and the King's medal with 2 clasps. During the East African campaign he was mentioned in dispatches.
One of his 2 sons was killed in action with the RAF in 1942.
Land - 1912 - M.S.H. Montagu - Building and agricultural, 11.05 acres - Kericho - 29/4/11 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/8/11 - Registered 12/6/12
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - N.S.H. Montague, Volunteer Forces, East Africa Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant, to date August 10th 1914
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - Monthermer Stanley Hume Montagu, died 31 Dec 1953 aged 85 AND Harriet Montagu, died 27 Jun 1959 aged 77, buried in same plot
Barnes - Mombasa Cemetery - Harriet Montagu, buried 27 Jun 1959 age 77, European Hospital, Cerebral Haemorrhage, to Nairobi
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Harriet Jesse Montagu, Married, Farm 134, Kiambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Monthermer Stanley Hume Montagu, Planter, Farm 134, Kiambu
KAD 1922 - Vice-President, Kiambu Association.
Red 25 - JP, Kiambu; President, Kikuyu District Farmers' Association
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Gazette 6 Oct 1959 wife's probate
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