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of the British Colonial Department of the 1878 Paris Exhibition, and 
was Vice-President of the Geographical Societies of London and 
Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was elected a 
Fellow of this Society in 1833. On the death of Lady Milne he 
gave £500 to establish what is called the Lady Milne' Memorial 
Fund, to perpetuate the charities which she had been in the habit 
of giving. He died on the 29th December 1896. 
James Francis Montgomery was born in Edinburgh in 1818, 
and was the son of Mr Robert Montgomery, who for some years 
held the office of Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer. His grandfather 
was Sir James Montgomery, Bart., of Stobo Castle, Peeblesshire, 
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He was educated through 
private tuition, and entered the law classes at Edinburgh University. 
In 1840 he was called to the Bar. The bent of his mind lay more 
in the direction of the ministry, and with the view of qualifying 
himself for that vocation he studied at the University of Durham. 
He was appointed to the curacy of Puddleton, Dorsetshire, and after 
spending two years there he returned to Edinburgh as curate to Bishop 
Terrot, who then held the incumbency of St Paul’s, York Place. In 
1864 Mr Montgomery was chosen as junior incumbent, and on the 
death of Bishop Terrot in 1872 Mr Montgomery was promoted to 
the incumbency. Bishop Cotterell appointed him to the office of 
dean, rendered vacant by the death of Dean Ramsay. But for the 
infirmity of partial deafness there can be little doubt he would have 
been selected for even higher promotion. The fine peal of bells 
placed in the tower of St Mary’s Cathedral was his gift. On the 
occasion of his being promoted to the deanery, his alma mater 
conferred on him the degree of D.D. He was occupied with all 
sorts of philanthropic work, and his tall and commanding presence 
will be greatly missed in his native city. He was elected a Fellow 
of this Society in 1868. He died on 21st September 1897. 
Professor James Greig Smith was born in 1854, near Aberdeen, 
and was sent to the Grammar School and the University of that city. 
In 1876 he obtained the degrees of Bachelorship of Medicine and 
Mastership of Surgery. In that year he was elected to the post of 
Assistant or Junior House Surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, 
and in 1879 was placed on the staff as full surgeon. Some time after 
this appointment he published papers on the Pathology and Treat- 
