Charles Montgomery Rivaz

Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz KCSI (11 March 1845 - 7 October 1926) was a colonial administrator in British India, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab 1902-1907.

His maternal grandfather had also served in India, in the Bengal Civil Service, and three brothers all served or held office in British India, including Colonel Vincent Rivaz, CB (d. 1924).

He was for a time superintendent of the Kapurthala State, later a 1st Finance Commissioner and Member of the Legislative Council of Punjab Province.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the Birthday Honours List 25 May 1895,[5] and in the 1901 New Year Honours list was promoted to a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the same order.

[7] They had three sons; Frank was a farmer in Palermo, Ontario, another, Cecil, was in the civil service in India, and the youngest, Percy, was a ship's surgeon for the British fleet in the Mediterranean.