MONTGOMERIE, Hon. Francis (d. by 1729), of Giffen, Ayr.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglintoun [S] by his 2nd w. Lady Mary, da. of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes [S]. educ. ?Glasgow 1665. m. (1) contract 10 Oct. 1673, Margaret (d. 1674), da. and h. of Alexander Leslie, 2nd Earl of Leven [S] and suo jure Countess of Leven, s.p.; (2) 26 Sept. 1679, Elizabeth (d. 1702), da. of Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Longformacus, Berwicks., and wid. of Sir James Primrose (1st s. d.v.p. of Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st Bt., of Carrington, Midlothian, Ld. Carrington SCJ, and bro. of Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery), 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Hist. Scot. Parl. 505–6; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iii. 451–2; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), iii. 116; Scot. Rec. Soc. xxvii, 487.

Offices Held

MP [S] Ayrshire 1690–1707.

PC [S] 1692–1708; commr. auditing treasury accts. [S] 1695–aft. 1701, admiralty accts. 1698; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702, treasury [S] 1703–8, union with England 1706. Hist. Scot. Parl. 505–6; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 367; 1694–5, p. 445; 1696, pp. 101, 120, 168; 1697, p. 480; 1698, pp. 321, 405–6, 431–2; 1700–2, pp. 337, 387; 1702–3, pp. 353, 572; SP57/27, pp. 38–39; Boyer, Anne Annals, v. 13; APS, ix. 378.

Dir. Co. of Scotland 1695. W. Fraser, Memorials Earl of Eglintoun, i. 94.

Gov. Dumbarton Castle 1696; freeman, Dumbarton 1696. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxiii. 47.

Parlimentarian

MONTGOMERIE, Hon. Francis (d. by 1729), of Giffen, Ayr.

Main residence: Giffen, Ayr.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

MONTGOMERIE, Hon. Francis (d. by 1729)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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