1st Lord Montgomery Alexander Montgomerie
1381 - 1470 (89 years)-
Name Alexander Montgomerie [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] Title 1st Lord Montgomery Birth 1381 Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland 
[2] Gender Male Occupation 1425 [12] Privy Council Occupation 1437 England [2] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation 1449 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation Between 1451 and 1452 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation 1456 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Death 1470 Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland [2, 10, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28] - Eglinton Castle
Person ID I10377 Clan Montgomery Society Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
Father 10th of Eaglesham John Montgomerie, b. 1363, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Bef 22 Nov 1429, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age < 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Agnes MacDonald, b. 1363, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland d. 9 Mar 1413, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1381 Scotland Family ID F3325 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Boyd, b. 1397, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Aft 16 Sep 1453, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age > 56 years) Marriage 1414 Children > 1. Janet Montgomerie [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. 1st Laird of Skelmorlie George Montgomerie, b. 1415, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1505, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Reverend Thomas Montgomerie, b. 1420, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1510 (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. 2nd Laird of Giffen John Montgomerie, b. 1424, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1485, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Master of Montgomery Alexander Montgomerie, b. 1428, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1452, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 24 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Margaret I Christian Montgomerie, b. 1436, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 20 Jul 1461, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Elizabeth Montgomerie, b. 1440, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1467, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 8. Agnes Montgomerie, b. 1442, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1510 (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3327 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 1381 - Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1437 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1449 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - Between 1451 and 1452 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1456 - England 
Death - 1470 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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Folios 
T H Montgomery - Pages 045-055 ; XIII - XVII
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
[XIII - XVII] EagleshamT H Montgomery - Pages 145-147
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Macbie Hill, Baronets
History of the County of Ayr, Vol I
Pages 289-290 Montgomeries of Bogston
Parish of Beith
Matthew Montgomerie
Book Found on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoftA Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
Sir Bernard Burke
1899
Pages 313-314 Montgomery of Grey Abbey
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Notes - Councillor to the King in indenture dated 10 August 1440.
A Lord of Parliment in charter of the lordship of Hamilton.
A Commissioner who negotiated a treaty of peace with England in 1438. Ambassador to England in 1459-60.
Sir Alexander was created Lord Montgomerie and became a member of
the King's council.
History from the Clan Montgomery Society.
Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.
- Councillor to the King in indenture dated 10 August 1440.
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Sources - [S3150] Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom, (Name: G Woodfall; Location: London, England; Date: 1828;), 17th Edition in Two Volumes Pages 486-488 Earl of Eglinton.
Debrett_s_Peerage_of_england_scotland_an.pdf - [S5243] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie, Alexander #005221 Accessed KRM 24 Nov 2020 9:05am http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221 - [S3165] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogicial and Family History oF Western New York, (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1912;), Volume I Genealogical_and_family_history_of_weste.pdf Pages 438-440 Montgomerys.
- [S3151] Browning, Charles H, Americans of Royal Descent, (Name: Name: Porter and Coates; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Date: 1883;;), Americans_of_Royal_Descent_ed_by_C_H_Bro.;pdf Available on Google Books Pedigree XXX Campbell Pages 123-128.
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Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?ftm=1 - [S3183] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), Pages 279-286 Montgomeries of Braidstane, OCLC 26094787.
Book Found on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft - [S3226] Robertson, George, Topographical Description of Ayrshire, (Name: Cunninghanm Press; Location: Edinburgh, Scotland; Date: 1820;).
- [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 101) Montgomerys, Earls of Eglinton.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com - [S3183] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), General Reference, OCLC 26094787.
- [S3169] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;).
Record for Sir Alexander De Montgomerie Baron Montgomerie
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=DictNatBiogV1&h=40174&indiv=try - [S2901] MBWG, Montgomery Benchmark Working Group, Verification of the Ancestry of Sven Jacob Montgomery, (Name: Lulu; Date: 2012;), pp 019-033 Summary of Sven Jacob's Ancestors Book written by committe to describe the DNA history of the 1st Earl of Eglinton and this Swedish descendants.
- [S3166] Archdale, Henry Blackwood, Memoirs of the Archdales, (Name: Impartial Reporter Office; Location: Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Date: 1925;), Pages iv, v, 23, 24 Montgomery Charts.
http://www.combs-families.org/archdale/memoirs/ - [S3187] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, (Name: Harrison & Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1899;), Montgomery of Grey Abbey Pages 313-314 Montgomerie, Robert b. 1544.
A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_the_Ireland.pdf
Book found on Google Books
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_t/Ha0EAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=A+Genealogical+and+Heraldic+History+of+the+Landed+Gentry+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 226) Baronets Montgomery of Skelmorly.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 228) Montgomerys of Giffen https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00133-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=253.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00133-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=253 - [S3167] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage 1906, (Name: Harrison and Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1906;), Pages 569-573 Earls of Eglinton and Winton.
Book found at California Genealogical Society - [S3157] Turner-Thomas, Sir Arthur, Lord Eaglesham - Celtic, (Location: http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/;), Lord Eaglesham 10 Celtic Royal Genealgoy http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I28114.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I28114 - [S3161] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 02 Accessed KRM 25 Oct 2020 5:50am https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery02.php.
Montgomery of Ardrossan, Montgomery of Eaglesham, Montgomery of Eastwood, Montgomery of Thorntoun
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery02.php - [S3436] De Boever, Luc, The Montgommerys from the Vikings to our Present Day, (Name: l'Imprimerie Moderne de Bayeux; Location: Bayeux, France; Date: 2018;), Part 2, Section 8 Pages 35-40 Roger II Montgomerie.
- [S3161] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 03 Accessed KRM 17 Nov 2020 3:44om https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php.
Montgomery of Brigend, Montgomery of Eglinton, Montgomery of Giffen, Montgomerie de Lorges, Montgomery of Smithtoun (Smistoun)
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 045-055 XIII-XVII John Montgomery of Eaglesham https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/?count=50&f-F00032DB=45.
Book found at Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/?count=50&f-F00032DB=45 - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 179) Montgomerys of Hessilheid https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
There are several entries where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202 - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 145-147 Montgomerys of Macbie Hill, Baronets https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00077-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=148.
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00077-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=148 - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.
- [S3153] Price, Lucy Montgomery Smith, The Sydney-Smith and Clagett-Price Genealogy, (Name: Shenandoah Publishing House; Location: Strasburg, Virginia; Date: 1927;).
Book found on Heritage Quest
also available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/24094/ - [S3186] Hill, Rev George, Editor, Montgomery Manuscripts_WmMont of Rosemount, (Name: James Cleeland; Location: Belfast; Date: Jan 1869;), Pages 001-015 Chapter I Montgomery, William of Rosemont (1633-1707).
The Montgomery Manuscripts (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers by William Montgomery of Rosemount
The_Montgomery_manuscripts_1603_1706.pdf
Book found at Internet Archive
Book found at FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/472506-the-montgomery-manuscripts-1603-1706 - [S3163] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Montgomerie, Alexander #005221 Accessed KRM 24 Nov 2020 9:05am http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221 - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), This book is available electronically on ancestry.com.
- [S3150] Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom, (Name: G Woodfall; Location: London, England; Date: 1828;), 17th Edition in Two Volumes Pages 486-488 Earl of Eglinton.
