Colonel Francis Octavius Montgomery
1803 - 1885 (81 years)-
Name Francis Octavius Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Title Colonel Birth 3 Nov 1803 Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
[1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12] Gender Male FamilySearch ID LZJV-S58 Occupation Colonel Retired [14] Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-19322 Residence 1869 Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland [9] Residence 1871 Westminster, London, England [2] St George, Hanover Square Residence 1881 London, England [3] St Margaret Burial 1885 Grey Abbey Grounds, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland [1, 7, 10, 12] Death 19 Apr 1885 Folkestone, Kent, England [1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12] Person ID I34065 Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomery of Grey Abbey Last Modified 2 Sep 2026
Father Reverend Hugh Montgomery, b. 24 Jun 1754, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland d. 30 Mar 1815, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother Hon Emilia Charlotte Ward, b. 6 Jul 1762 d. 16 Nov 1843, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland (Age 81 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1 Jun 1782 Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland [4, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18] Family ID F15380 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Arabella Catherine Osborn, b. 7 May 1808, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England d. 15 Mar 1879, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Age 70 years) Marriage 6 Oct 1842 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France [4, 5] Family ID F11141 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Sep 2026
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Birth - 3 Nov 1803 - Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
Residence - 1869 - Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland 
Residence - St George, Hanover Square - 1871 - Westminster, London, England 
Residence - St Margaret - 1881 - London, England 
Burial - 1885 - Grey Abbey Grounds, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
Death - 19 Apr 1885 - Folkestone, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Folios 
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
Sir Bernard Burke
1899
Pages 313-314 Montgomery of Grey Abbey
T H Montgomery - Pages 131-133
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Grey Abbey
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Sources - [S2927] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Arabella Catherine Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUK&h=3336090&indiv=try - [S2925] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National A;), Class: RG10; Piece: 100; Folio: 48; Page: 42; GSU roll: 824588.
Record for Francy Odavus Mongomay
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1871&h=12588039&indiv=try - [S2845] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 117; Folio: 42; Page: 5; GSU roll: 1341026.
Record for Francis O. Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&h=13610346&indiv=try - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 131-133Montgomerys of Grey Abbeyhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=134.
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00070-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=134 - [S4970] Ancestry.com, UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Foreign Registers and Returns; Class: RG 33; Piece: 69.
Record for Francis Octavis Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKForeignVitals&h=115880&indiv=try - [S2926] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Record for Francis Octavius Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDDeath&h=23536208&indiv=try - [S5784] Grey Abbey Grounds, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Grey Abbey, Down, Northern IReland;), Montgomery, Francis Octavius (1803-1885)Memorial #157689267Accessed KRM 2 Dec 2025 6:28amhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157689267/francis_octavius-montgomery.
Grey Abbey Grounds
Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2602413/grey-abbey-grounds
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157689267/francis_octavius-montgomery - [S2928] Ancestry.com, Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference.
Record for Arabella Catherine Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2193&h=1271150&indiv=try - [S3670] Ancestry.com, Ireland, City and Regional Directories, 1836-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Collection (Thom's Directories For Ireland).
Record for Lieutenant Colonel Frs. Octavius Montgomery,
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61314&h=10628081&indiv=try - [S2904] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Francis Octavius Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60541&h=4304287&indiv=try - [S3910] Ancestry.com, Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, (Name: Ancestry Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Francis Octavius Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60558&h=241689&indiv=try - [S4600] Ancestry.com, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
Record for Francis Octavius Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9740&h=496342&indiv=try - [S3187] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, (Name: Harrison & Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1899;), Montgomery of Grey AbbeyPages 313-314Montgomerie, Robert b. 1544.
A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_the_Ireland.pdf
Book found on Google Books
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_t/Ha0EAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=A+Genealogical+and+Heraldic+History+of+the+Landed+Gentry+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover - [S1063] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 117; Folio: 42; Page: 5; GSU roll: 1341026.
Record for Francis O. Montgomery - [S5023] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts.
Record for Honorable Emilia Ward
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62059&h=90253554&indiv=try - [S4785] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds.
Record for (Hon) Emilia Ward
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62077&h=259895&indiv=try - [S4785] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds.
Record for (Rev) Hugh Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62077&h=258135&indiv=try - [S5023] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts.
Record for Reverend Hugh Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62059&h=253554&indiv=try
- [S2927] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
