Robert Montgomery (administrator)

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Sir Robert Montgomery GCSI, KCB, LLD (1809-1887) was a British colonial administrator in British India. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab[1] . Sir Robert was a native of Inishowen in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland.

He was the paternal grandfather of Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

The city of Sahiwal, Pakistan, founded in 1865, was formerly named "Montgomery", after Sir Robert[2][3] .

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  1. ^ Provinces of British India - Lieutenant governors
  2. ^ Encyclopedia Brittanica
  3. ^ South Punjab Portal - Sahiwal
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