He is mentioned in the last inscription on this tablet.
Major General, Hugh Parker Montgomery. He was former Commander of 2nd Battalion, 60th Royal Rifles who died in Winchester on 29th December 1901, age 72. He was the son of Arthur Hill and Ann Matilda of Tyrella, County Down.
This tablet is in the ruins of Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland.
(Will and Admin, Ancestry)
Hugh Parker Montgomery of 35, Southgate Street, Winchester died 29th December 1901. Probate , Dublin, to William Edward Montgomery Major General. Sealed London 13th June.
His promotions while serving with 60th of Foot or King\'s Royal Rifle Corps. London Gazette dated 21st August 1849.
6Qth Foot, Hugh Parker Montgomery, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase.
London Gazette dated 28th October 1853.
60th Foot, Second Lieutenant Hugh Parker Montgomery to be First Lieutenant, by purchase.
Captain, 17th August 1855
Major, 10th November 1859
Lieutenant Colonel 13th August 1873
London Gazette dated 1st October 1878, War Office Pall Mall
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Hugh Parker Montgomery, from half-pay, late 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colon el, vice Lieutenant Colonel
and Brevet-Colonel
London Gazette dated 24th March 1885.
Lieutenant-Colonel .and Colonel Hugh Parker Montgomery,half-pay, to be an Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster - General, vice Colonel
London Gazette dated 23rd September 1887.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Hugh Parker Montgomery, half-pay, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General Northern District, has
been placed on retired pay with the honorary rank of Major-General. Dated 22nd September, 1887.
Extract from Coventry\'s Motorcar Heritage. " By August (1897), Major General Hugh Parker Montgomery (1829 - 1901) took delivery of a Daimler Cranford Wagonette the first order of a British-built Daimler motor".
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