4th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie

1563 - 1586  (23 years)

• Name	Hugh Montgomerie  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Title	4th Earl of Eglinton
  Birth	1563	Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [5, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LHKZ-YLS
  Title	5th Lord Montgomery
  Death	18 Apr 1586	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 4, 5, 9]
  	Cause: Killed by David Cunningham
  Person ID	I2255	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	3rd Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1540, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 3 Jun 1585, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Margaret Drummond,   b. 1523, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1590, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 10 Aug 1562	Scotland   [6]
  Family ID	F964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Countess of Eglinton Egidia Boyd,   b. 1556, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1586, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1576	Ayrshire, Scotland   [5, 12, 13]
  Children	> 1. 5th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1584, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 4 Sep 1612, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Countess of Eglinton Helen Kennedy,   b. Abt 1565, Scotland d. Scotland
  Marriage	1584	Ayrshire, Scotland   [5]
  Family ID	F998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1563 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Marriage - 20 May 1576 - Ayrshire, Scotland Marriage - 1584 - Ayrshire, Scotland Death - Cause: Killed by David Cunningham - 18 Apr 1586 - Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  Montgomerie, Hugh (1563-1586) Website link to article in "Wikipedia"

  
  

  Photos

  Earls of Eglinton

  
  

  Folios		T H Montgomery - Pages 059-062 ; Hugh Montgomerie Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery [XX-XXIII] Hugh Montgomerie
  		T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136 Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery Montgomerys of Hessilhead

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Eglinton Castle, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglinton_Castle Also: see Ordnance Gazeteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography edited by Francis H Groome published in parts by Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh betw 1882-1885. [S277] 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 [S273] 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 [S1672] Anderson, William, The Scottish nation: or The surnames, families, literature ..., Volume2. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Hugh #021506 Access KRM 17 Aug 2025 2:39pm http://thepeerage.com/p2151.htm#i21506. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy http://thepeerage.com/p2151.htm#i21506 [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Hugh #021506 http://thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21454. [S2783] Bio Info on Montgomerie Hugh 1585, (Name: Wikipedia;). [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 059-062 Hugh Montgomerie Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. [S2784] 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 [S273] 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 [S519] 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. [S215] 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 [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Boyd, Egidia #021514 Accessed KRM 17 Aug 2025 2:37pm http://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21514. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy http://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21514