Montague Yeats-Brown

Montague Yeats-Brown CMG[1] was a 19th-century British Consul in both Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia[2] and Boston, USA.[1][3][4][5]

Castello Brown, Portofino

Yeats-Brown was born in 1834 in Genoa in the Kingdom of Sardinia. His father, Timothy Yeats-Brown, from an English banking family, was the previous consul there;[6] his maternal grandfather John Cadwalader was a militia general in the American Revolution.

Yeats-Brown was appointed British consul to Genoa on the death of his father in 1857.[2] He later was appointed as consul to Boston, retiring from the service in 1896.[5]

In 1867, Yeats-Brown[6] purchased Castello Brown above Portofino,[7]^:25 which he restored over subsequent years, and where he died in 1921.[8]

One of his sons, Francis Yeats-Brown, became well known for his dashing autobiography, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

Early life

Born in Genoa, "Monty" Yeats-Brown spoke both Genoese and Italian fluently.[7]^:25

Yeats-Brown was schooled in Brussels before passing into Marlborough.[9]

See also

List of diplomats of Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa

References

1. "Person Page - 13883". The Peerage. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
2. "Francis Yeats-Brown". Student Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
3. "ENTERTAINING THE NAVAL VISITORS.; British Officers Given Freedom of Boston Clubs -- Theatre Party". 26 May 1894. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
4. "Caught by Surprise: Letter Found in Rare Book Collection". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
5. "The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art". 129. J. W. Parker and Son. 1920: 447. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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7. Jocelyn Baber; John Baber (1965). Castello, Portofino. B.T. Batsford.
8. "Ancestry.com". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
9. Brown, Francis A Yeats (1917). Family Notes. Genoa: R Instituto Sordomuti.