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6th Laird of Broadstone Willard Hugh I Montgomerie

Male 1560 - 1636  (76 years)

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  • Name Willard Hugh I 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] 
    Title 6th Laird of Broadstone 
    Birth 1560  Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 24, 26] 
    Glasgow College 
    Fact 1 4 sons and 3 daughters (TH Montgomery); 3 sons (BG Montgomery)  [24, 27] 
    Fact 4 1603  [9, 24] 
    Attended to King James at Coronation 
    Fact 1 1605  [2, 26] 
    Co-Founder of Ulster Scots; Defeated Con O'Neil 
    Fact 2 Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Dueled with Cunningham 
    Fact 3 1605  [9, 24, 26] 
    Knighted by King James 
    Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-397 
    Title 1st Viscount of the Great Ards 
    Death 25 May 1636  Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 9, 11, 18, 20, 22, 24] 
    Burial Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40105  Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomerys of Hessilhead
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

    Father 5th Laird of Broadstone Adam John Montgomerie,   b. 1540, Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 5 May 1602, Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Hessilhead Montgomerie,   b. 1535, Hessilhead, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1570, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1555  Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dame Elizabeth Jane Shaw,   b. 1560, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1625, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1587  Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9, 10, 21, 24, 26, 28] 
    Children 
    +1. Janet Montgomerie,   b. 1585, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. 2nd Viscount of the Great Ards Hugh II Montgomerie,   b. 1597, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1642, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Colonel James Montgomerie,   b. 1600, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1651, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. George Montgomerie,   b. 1606, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1674, Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Mary Elizabeth Montgomerie,   b. Abt 1607, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1640 (Age < 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Jane Jean Montgomerie,   b. 1611, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1643, Portaferry, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Margaret Montgomery,   b. Abt 1619  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

    Family 2 Sarah Maxwell,   b. 1570, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1636, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 1625  [22, 26, 28, 29] 
    Family ID F13129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1560 - Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Glasgow College - - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1587 - Renfrewshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 May 1636 - Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Newtonards, Down, Northern Ireland Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Folios
    T H Montgomery - Pages 145-147    		T H Montgomery - Pages 145-147
    Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
    Macbie Hill, Baronets
    A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland    		A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
    Sir Bernard Burke
    1899

    Pages 313-314 Montgomery of Grey Abbey

    T H Montgomery - Pages 131-133    		T H Montgomery - Pages 131-133
    Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
    Grey Abbey

  • Notes 
    • 1st Viscount of Ardes
      Information from corresponding with Brent Friedrichs, Box 34,
      Charter Oak, IA 51439, 712-678-3720, email: blf@ia.frontiercomm.net,
      Dec. 1996.
      ..............................................................................................................
      Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.

      Viscount Montgomerie created in Ireland in 1622,

      MARRIAGE: Page 140 of the book, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, by B.G. de Montgomery states:
      In 1587 Montgomery married Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Shaw, Laird of Sauchie...the families of Montgomery and Shaw were united by many bonds.

      BIOGRAPHY: From pages 140 - 143 of Origin and History of the Montgomerys, by B.G. de Montgomery:
      Hugh, first Viscount of Great Ardes (1560-1636), was educated at Glasgow College. To complete his education, he went to France and stayed for some time at the French court. He afterwards repaired to Holland. Like his father, he joined a Dutch regiment and got a commission as a captain...After his father's death Montgomery returned to Scotland....Montgomery was able to keep the King informed about the attitude of the English nobility and gentry towards his claim to the English throne. This source of information was of great value to the King, who later on liberally rewarded Montgomery for his services. He was knighted in 1605, and ...he and his sons Hugh and James were naturalized in England. On 3rd May 1622 he was raised to the peerage and created Viscount Montgomery of Great Ardes. This was not a distinction conferred upon a court favorite but the reward of valuable services...Montgomery had acquired large estates in Northern Ireland and was the leader of the plantation of that country at the beginning of the seventeenth century....Montgomery's acquisition of big domains in Ulster had taken place with the King's consent...Thus the country where Montgomery had settled was unhappy and devastated, but he laid balm upon the wounds and in a few years he had founded economically sound industries and turned large portions of Ulster into prosperous country... Montgomery used his enormous income for building and restoring churches and houses...

      DEATH: When he died in 1636 there was national mourning in Ulster and his funeral was celebrated with almost royal splendor. The peers of Scotland were represented on this occasion, and the Ulster King of Arms carried his sword carried his sword and armorial shield.

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