claim: Becoming chief justice was William Howard Taft's personal ambition.
evidence: Hugh Montgomery may refer to  :. Hugh Montgomery , 1st Viscount Montgomery -LRB- 1560 -- 1636 -RRB- , aristocrat and soldier , one of the `` founding fathers '' of the Ulster-Scots. Hugh Montgomery , 2nd Viscount Montgomery -LRB- 1597 -- 1642 -RRB-. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- sea captain -RRB- -LRB- ?. -- 1780 -RRB- , American sea captain of Nancy at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet on June 29 , 1776. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- Northern Ireland politician -RRB- -LRB- 1844 -- 1924 -RRB- , member of the Senate of Northern Ireland. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- Royal Marines officer -RRB- -LRB- 1880 -- 1920 -RRB- , cricketer and military officer killed on Bloody Sunday. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- British Army soldier -RRB- , soldier found guilty of manslaughter in the Boston Massacre. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- mathematician -RRB- -LRB- born 1944 -RRB- , American mathematician. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- physician -RRB- , director of the UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance. Hugh E. Montgomery , director of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Hugh E. Montgomery. Hugh E. Montgomery. Hugh John Montgomery -LRB- 1878 -- 1956 -RRB- , merchant fox farmer and provincial politician from Alberta , Canada. Hugh John Montgomery. Hugh John Montgomery. Hugh Montgomery , 1st Earl of Mount Alexander -LRB- c. 1623 -- 1663 -RRB- , Irish peer. Hugh Montgomery , 4th Earl of Mount Alexander -LRB- 1680 -- 1745 -RRB- , Irish landowner and politician. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- Canadian politician -RRB- -LRB- 1858 -- ? -RRB-. , Ontario farmer and political figure. Hugh Montgomery -LRB- diplomat -RRB- -LRB- 1923 -- 2017 -RRB- , United States diplomat and intelligence agent. Hugh Massingberd , also known as Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd -LRB- 1946-2007 -RRB- , English journalist , genealogist and editor of Burke 's Peerage. Hugh Massingberd. Hugh Massingberd