Joseph Monteith (Deputy Lieutenant)

Joseph Monteith CBE DL JP (29 March 1852 – 10 October 1911) of Carstairs, County Lanark, Knight of Malta, was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark, Scotland.

[1] He was the son of Robert Monteith, DL,[2] JP, of Carstairs, by Wilhelmina Anne, daughter of Joseph Mellish of Blythe, Nottinghamshire.

On 13 October 1874 he married Florence Catharine Mary Herbert (17 April 1850 – 23 Jan 1900), daughter of John Arthur Edward Herbert and the Hon.

He undertook much improvement work, including the provision of electric power for the house from a hydro electric plant at Jarviswood.

He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lanark.

Carstairs House, now called Monteith House
Power station at Jarviswood