Thomas Monteath Douglas
| Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas | |
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| Birth name | Thomas Monteath |
| Born | 1787 |
| Died | October 1868 Stonebyres, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | Bengal Army |
| Years of service | 1806–1846 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |
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General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas KCB ADC (1787 – October 1868) was an officer of the Bengal Army of the East India Company. He served in a number of wars and campaigns, most notably the First Anglo-Afghan War.
He was born Thomas Monteath, the son of Thomas Monteath and grandson of Walter Monteath, who married Jean, second daughter of James Douglas of Mains. This Jean was the sister of Margaret, who was the wife of Archibald, Duke of Douglas, and the Duchess of Douglas entailed an estate with the curious name of Douglas Support to the descendants of her sister, which was eventually inherited by Thomas Monteath. He entered the East India Company's service as an ensign in the Bengal Army on 4 December 1806, and was at once attached to the 35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, with which he served throughout his long career.
Monteath first saw service under Sir Gabriel Martindell in the trying campaigns in Bundelkhand in 1809 and 1810, during which every one of the numerous forts of the small Bundela chieftains had to be stormed, and in these assaults Monteath, who had been promoted lieutenant on 9 September 1808, was twice wounded. He next served throughout the campaigns of the Anglo-Nepalese War in 1814 and 1815 under Jasper Nicolls and David Ochterlony, and was present at the battles of the Timlee Pass and of Kulinga, and at the assaults of Jountgarh and Srinagar, at which latter place he was again wounded. During the Third Anglo-Maratha War, he participated in the successful campaign against the Pindaris by Lord Hastings in 1818. The 35th Bengal Native Infantry was attached to the brigade which was sent to Bikaner in the extreme east of Rajputana, in order to hem in parties of raiders and drive them back into Central India, where Lord Hastings was waiting to meet and destroy them.
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