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Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1660-1729), 9th Earl of Eglinton married Lady Ann Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen and Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax. Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... The title Earl of Eglinton is a peerage title in the Peerage of Scotland. ... George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637-1720), lord chancellor of Scotland, son of Sir John Gordon, 1st baronet of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, executed by the Presbyterians in 1644, was born on the 3rd of October 1637. ...
Alexander, who thus became the 6th earl of Eglinton and took the name of Montgomerie, was commonly called Greysteel; he was a prominent Covenanter and fought against Charles I.
Alexander, the 10th earl (1723-1769), a son of the 9thearl, was one of the first of the Scottish landowners to carry out improvements on his estates.
Eglinton was a staunch Tory, and in February 1852 he became lord-lieutenant of Ireland under the earl of Derby.
James Hamilton, 2nd earl of Arran, was regent of Scotland during the minority of Mary Queen of Scots (he was in fact heir presumptive, being her second cousin through his grandmother, and next in line for the throne).
The earl of Arran spent a lot of time trying to regain the revenues of his duchy, but his efforts were rebuked: once, during an interview with the king of France, his attempt to bring up the topic of the duchy was abruptly cut short.
AlexanderMontgomerie of Eaglesham, son-in-law of the first earl of Douglas, died in 1380 and was succeeded by Sir John Montgomerie, who married the heiress of Lord Eglinton, died in 1398.
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