Hugh Lyons-Montgomery

Hugh Lyons-Montgomery was an Irish Conservative Party politician.
Baptised on 31 March 1816, Lyons-Montgomery was the son of Hugh Lyons-Montgomery and Eliza Blacker. In 1840, he married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, and they had 14 children: Florence Maud; Eveline Clemina ; Ada Louisa Mary; Henrietta Emily Anne; Alfred Otho; Hugh; Norma Wilhelmina ; Ethel Constance; Beatrice Cicely Blanche; Elizabeth Sophia ; Caroline Matilda ; Henry Willoughby Stewart ; Lambert de Winton ; and Kyneston Forster Walter.
In 1840, Lyons-Montgomery became High Sheriff of County Leitrim before being elected as Member of Parliament for Leitrim at the 1852 general election and held the seat until 1858 when he resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme.
Lyons-Montgomery was also a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace of County Leitrim.