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Chaophraya Surasakmontri (28 March 1851 – 1 July 1931), born as Choem Saeng-chuto, was a Thai field marshal, nobleman, and businessman. He was best known in Haw wars campaign. He served as Commander of the Department of the Army from 1890 to 1892, and as Minister of Agriculture afterwards. He established a sawmill in Si Racha in 1900.
The city of Chaophraya Surasak in Chonburi is named after him.




Biography


Chaophraya Surasakmontri was born in 1851 in Thonburi, Rattanakosin Kingdom, to his father Phraya Surasakmontri (Sang Chuto) and mother Doem Bunnak. He is the grandson of Phraya Surasena (Sawat Chuto).
As a child, he received education at Wat Phichai Yat until the age of 13.
In 1878, he was appointed as the chargé d'affaires to the British Empire to negotiate with the British consular general George Knox.
In 1900, Chaophraya Surasakmontri came to the area of the modern town and built a sawmill under his company Si Racha Capital Company Limited. In 1903, he requested that the district capital of Bang Phra district be moved to Si Racha, which it did.
In 1902, King Chulalongkorn gave orders to Chaophraya Surasakmontri to quell the Ngiao rebellion in Phrae province in northern Thailand against Siamese rule and centralization. He would reclaim rebel controlled land, with the leader of Phrae, Chao Phiriya Thepphawong, fleeing into Luang Phrabang.
Chaophraya Surasakmontri died on 1 July 1931. His funeral was held on 8 April 1931 at Wat Thepsirinthrawat.




Honours


1895 - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
1901 - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant
1889 - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand
1898 - Haw Campaign Medal
1906 - Dushdi Mala Medal Pin of Services to the Monarch (Military)
1906 - Dushdi Mala Medal Pin of Service to the Nation (Military)
1906 - Dushdi Mala Medal Pin of Acts of Bravery (Military)
1895 - Chakra Mala Medal
1899 - Chakrabarti Mala Medal
1926 - Saradul Mala Medal
1906 - King Mongkut's Royal Cypher Medal, 5th Class
1893 - King Chulalongkorn's Royal Cypher Medal, 1st Class
1922 - King Vajiravudh's Royal Cypher Medal, 1st Class
1927 - King Prajadhipok's Royal Cypher Medal, 2nd Class
1882 - Satabarsa Mala Medal
1883 - Rajadapisekmala Medal
1897 - Prapasmala Medal
1898 - Queen's Medal
1903 - Taweethapisek Medal
1897 - Ratchamongkol Medal
1908 - Rajamangala Bhisek Medal
1911 - King Rama VI Coronation Medal
1925 - King Rama VII Coronation Medal




References

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