MONTGOMERIE, Hugh (c.1663-1735), of Busbie, Ayr. and Hartfield, Dunbarton.

Family and Education

b. c. 1663, 3rd s. of Sir Robert Montgomerie, 3rd Bt., of Skelmorlie, Ayr by Anna, da. and coh. of Sir James Scott of Rossie, Forfar. educ. ?Glasgow 1676. m. contract 26 Aug. 1687 (with 12,000 merks), Lilias (d. 1755), da. of Peter Gemmill, merchant and baillie of Glasgow, s.p. suc. nephew as 6th Bt. 1731. Hist. Scot. Parl. 505; W. Fraser, Memorials Earls of Eglinton, 162, 166; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), iii. 133.

Offices Held

Burgess, Glasgow 1688, provost 1701–32; burgess, Edinburgh 1703; dep. lt., Ayrshire 1715; commr. visitation, Glasgow Univ. 1718, rector 1725–6. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 220; lxii. 145; Charters and Docs. Relating to Glasgow ed. Marwick and Renwick, ii. 634; Recs. Glasgow Univ. ii. 562; Hist. Scot. Parl. 505.

Dir. Co. of Scotland 1699. Annandale mss at Raehills, bdle. 397, list of directors.

Commr. union with England 1702, 1706. Hist. Scot. Parl. 505.

MP [S] Glasgow 1702–7.

Collector of customs, Glasgow 1703. CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 409.

Parlimentarian

MONTGOMERIE, Hugh (c.1663-1735), of Busbie, Ayr. and Hartfield, Dunbarton.

Main residences: Busbie, Ayr; Hartfield, Dunbarton.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

MONTGOMERIE, Hugh (c.1663-1735)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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