Robert Monteith of Carstairs

(1811-1884)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Monteith, Robert, 1812-1884 DNB: Monteith, Robert (1811–1884), politician and philanthropist LBT ID: RoMonte1848 VIAF ID: 49995226 LOC ID: nr2001029535	B/BAP: 1811-12-23 DIED: 1884-03-31
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The son of Henry Monteith (d. 1848); at Trinity College, Cambridge he was a member of the Apostles; he converted to Rome in 1846 and was a prominent Christian socialist.
REFERENCES TO Robert Monteith of Carstairs: John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 15 March 1854 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 4 John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 20 March 1854 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 23: 1853-54