5th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie

1584 - 1612  (28 years)

• Name	Hugh Montgomerie  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Prefix	5th Earl of Eglinton
  Birth	1584	Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  5th Earl of Eglinton	Between 1586 and 1612	Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4, 7, 9, 13]
  	5th Earl of Eglinton
  6th Lord Montgomery	Between 1586 and 1612	Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland   [14]
  	6th Lord Montgomery
  Fact 1	1612	Died Childless - Title passed to Alexander Seton Montgomery/   [3, 8, 15]
  Family Search ID	LKDC-CL8
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKDC-CL8
  Death	4 Sep 1612	Eglinton/Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4, 5, 11, 12, 16]
  Person ID	I10384	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	4th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1563, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1586, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 23 years)
  Mother	Countess of Eglinton Egidia Boyd,   b. 1556, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1586, Eglinton/Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1576	Ayrshire, Scotland   [6, 10]
  Family ID	F3440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Montgomerie,   b. 1589, Giffen Castle/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1616, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1604	Scotland   [7]
  Family ID	F20609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1584 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland 5th Earl of Eglinton - 5th Earl of Eglinton - Between 1586 and 1612 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland 6th Lord Montgomery - 6th Lord Montgomery - Between 1586 and 1612 - Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death - 4 Sep 1612 - Eglinton/Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Folios		T H Montgomery - Pages 059-062 ; Hugh Montgomerie Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery [XX-XXIII] Hugh Montgomerie
  		Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom 17th Edition in Two Volumes 1828 Pages 486-488 Earl of Eglinton

  
  

• Notes

  Last Montgomery with the title of Earl of Eglinton. The Earldom passed to Alexander Seton third son of Margaret Montgomery and Robert Seton, Earl of Winton. Hugh had fought with King Gustav of Sweden with distinction in the 30 years war. After losing the title of Eglinton to Alexander Seton, Hugh returned to Sweden and established the Montgomery line which continues in that country to this day.(1994). From History and Origin of the Montgomerys, by B.G.de Montgomery, pg. 113-114: "Hugh, Fifth Earl of Eglinton (1586-1612), was only a small boy when he was bereaved of his father, and he was also motherless, for his mother had died soon after he was born. However, his uncle, Robert Boyd of Bedinheath, saw to it that he was well educated, and the King took great interest in the infant Earl. In 1598 James VI arranged a marriage contract between Eglinton and Lady Gabriella Stuart, sister of the Duke of Lennox. This contract was never fulfilled, since the lady who should thus be coerced into marriage preferred to take the veil and enter a nunnery in France. But a second marriage was arranged for the young Earl, and this time by his own uncle, Robert Montgomery of Giffen, Master of Eglinton, whose choice fell on his eldest daughter, Margaret. This marriage of cousins, calculated to unite the possessions of the family, turned out to be unhappy and childless. The fifth Earl of Eglinton, the last Montgomery with that title, died on 4th September, 1612."

  
  

• Sources

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