Thomas George Montgomerie (23 April 1830 - 31 January 1878) was a British soldier and surveyor who was prominent in the exploration and marring of the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges.
Born in Ayrshire, Montgomerie attended the Addiscombe Military Academy where he won the Pollock Medal as the best cadet in his year.[1] In 1951 he was posted to India
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edit- ^ R. H. Vetch, Montgomerie, Thomas George (1830–1878), rev. Elizabeth Baigent, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography], Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19065