Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton | |
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1st Earl of Eglinton | |
In office 1506–1545 | |
Personal details | |
Died | June 1545 |
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton (c. 1460 – June 1545) was a Scottish peer.
Life
He was born about 1460 as the eldest son of Alexander Montgomerie, 2nd Lord Montgomerie, by his wife Catherine, daughter of Gilbert, lord Kennedy. His grandfather was Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie. He succeeded his father before 29 August 1483. He was invested with the lands of Ardrossan and other estates of the family 5 June 1484, and on 11 October he executed a revocation of all acts made during his minority. He was one of the commissioners appointed by the treaty of Nottingham on 22 September of the same year to settle disputes on the marches.[1]
Having supported the cause of the nobles against
In the following year, he was chosen a
Montgomerie was created Earl of Eglinton between the 3 and 20 January 1506. He was one of those peers who after the
On 18 August 1533,
He died in June 1545, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson, Hugh Montgomerie, 2nd Earl of Eglinton (died 1546).[1]
Family
By his wife Helen, third daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, he had six sons and seven daughters:
- Alexander, master of Montgomerie, who died young;
- John, lord Montgomerie, killed in the skirmish in the High Street of Edinburgh called 'Cleanse the Causeway,' 2 May 1520, and father of Hugh, 2nd Earl of Eglinton;
- Sir Neil of Langshaw (Lainshaw);
- William of Greenfield;
- Hugh, killed at the battle of Pinkie in 1547;
- Robert, first rector of Kirkmichael, and afterwards bishop of Argyll;
- Margaret, married to William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill
- Maud, married to Colin Campbell of Ardkinglas
- Isobel, married to John Mure of Caldwell;
- Elizabeth, married to John Blair of that ilk;
- Agnes, married to John Ker of Kersland;
- Janet, married to Campbell of Cessnock;
- Catherine, married to George Montgomerie of Skelmorlie.[1]
Notes
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1894). "Montgomerie, Hugh (1460?-1545)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
References
- Simmons, John. "Montgomery, Hugh". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19058. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)