Family and Education
b. c. 1660, 1st. s. of Alexander Montgomerie, 8th earl of Eglinton [S], and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of William Crichton, 2nd earl of Dumfries [S]. educ. Culross sch. 1669–73; St Andrews Univ. 1673–6. m. (1) contr. 7–16 Dec. 1676, Margaret (d. by 1704), da. of William Cochrane, styled. Ld. Cochrane (s. d.v.p. of William Cochrane, earl of Dundonald [S]), sis. of William Cochrane‡ of Kilmaronock, Dunbarton, 3s. d.v.p. 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by 1704, Anne (bur. 16 Dec. 1708), da. of George Gordon, earl of Aberdeen [S], 1da. surv. (3) bef. May 1709, Susanna (d. 18 Mar. 1780), da. of Sir Archibald Kennedy, bt. of Culzean, Ayrshire, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. d. 18 Feb. 1729. Sir W. Fraser, Mems. Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, i. 100, 102-7.
Offices Held
PC [S] Mar. – July 1692, 1696 – 1704; commr. auditing treasury accts. [S] 1698, treasury [S] 1702 -4, commr. of chamberlainry [S] 1711–14.
Sheriff, Renfrew; commr. supply, Lanark 1704.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by unknown artist, sold by Doyle, New York, 19 May 2010.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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