Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency
British colonial administrator
Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency, (23 August 1876 – 25 February 1955) was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator. He was Governor of the Punjab, and established the De'Montmorency College of Dentistry in 1928, which was named after him.
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He was born in the townland of Castlemorris, near Knocktopher, in County Kilkenny, to Waller de Montmorency, a Church of Ireland clergyman, and Mary O'Brien. He is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
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