Thom's Irish Who's Who/Montgomery, Col. James Alexander Laurence

MONTGOMERY, Col. James Alexander Laurence, C.S.I. (1903); Knight of Grace, Order of St. John (1917); C.B.E. (1918); Commander Order of Christ (Portugal); F.R.G.S., D.L., J.P., Co. Donegal (High Sheriff, 1915); Col. Indian Army (ret.). Educ.: Harrow School; joined 92nd Gordon Highlanders, 1867; Indian Army, 1869; entered Punjab Commission, 1870; Lieut.-Col., 1893; retired from Indian Army, 1905; Commissioner of Lands, British East Africa, 1906-10; Red Cross Commissioner, East Africa, 1916-19 (despatches); son of late Robert Montgomery, G.C.S.I., K.C.B.; b. 1849; m., 1st, 1876, Jessie Alice, dau. of Sir T. Douglas Forsyth, K.C.S.I.; 2nd, 1881, Katherine Mary dau. of Col. F. J. Millar. Res.: St. Columb's, Moville, Co. Donegal. Club: Junior United Service, London.