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1st Viscount of the Great Ards 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] 
    Prefix 1st Viscount of the Great Ards 
    Birth 1560  Broadstone/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Glasgow College/Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 14, 22] 
    Fact 1 4 sons and 3 daughters (TH Montgomery); 3 sons (BG Montgomery)/ Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 22] 
    Fact 1 1605  Co-Founder of Ulster Scots; Defeated Con O'Neil/ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 22] 
    Name 1st Viscount of Ardes 
    Family Search ID LVXM-2F5 
    Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVXM-2F5 
    Death 25 May 1636  Newtownards, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23] 
    Person ID I40179  Clan Montgomery
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2017 

    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) 
    Mother Margaret Hessilhead Montgomerie,   b. 1535, Hessilhead/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1570 (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1555  Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20741  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  [8, 11, 14, 17, 22, 25] 
    Children 
     1. Janet Montgomerie,   b. 1585, Giffen Castle/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. 2nd Viscount of the Great Ards Hugh II Montgomerie,   b. 1597, Broadstone/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1642, Battle of Irish Rebellion 1641/Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     3. Sir James Montgomerie, Colonel,   b. 1600, Broadstone/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1651, Killinchy/Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. Captain 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)
     5. Mary Elizabeth Montgomerie,   b. Abt 1607, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1640 (Age 32 years)
     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)
     7. Margaret Montgomery,   b. Abt 1619
    Family ID F14169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2016 

    Family 2 Sarah Maxwell 
    Marriage 1625  [6, 16, 22, 25] 
    Family ID F21101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2016 

  • 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 MapsDeath - 25 May 1636 - Newtownards, Down, Northern Ireland Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Histories
    Montgomerie, Willard Hugh (1560-1636)    		Montgomerie, Willard Hugh (1560-1636)
    Website link to article in "Wikipedia"
    Montgomerie, Willard Hugh (1560-1636)    		Montgomerie, Willard Hugh (1560-1636)
    Website link to "The Peerage.com" operated by Darryl Lundy

    Folios
    T H Montgomery - Pages 123-127    		T H Montgomery - Pages 123-127
    Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
    Montgomerys of Braidstane
    Montgomery Manuscripts Pages 303-322     		Montgomery Manuscripts Pages 303-322
    Montgomery Manuscripts, edited by Rev George Hill
    Section 4 Sir James Montgomery of Rosemount, Knight
    Chapter XVII Some Memories of Sir James Montgomery, Knt
    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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