12th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie
1739 - 1819 (80 years)-
Name Hugh Montgomerie [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23] Title 12th Earl of Eglinton Birth 5 Nov 1739 Ayrshire, Scotland 
[1, 6, 7] - Boutrie Hill
Gender Male Fact 1 1756 [6] Commissioned; Fought American War of Independence Occupation Between 1780 and 1781 Ayrshire, Scotland [6, 23] Member of Parliament Occupation Between 1784 and 1789 Ayrshire, Scotland [6, 23] Member of Parliament Occupation Between 1796 and 1819 Ayrshire, Scotland [6] Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire Fact 2 1797 Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Started Eglinton Castle Fact 3 1814 [8] Knight of the Thistle Occupation Amateur Cellist and Composer [8] Title 13th Lord Montgomery Title 1st Baron Ardrossan Death 14 Dec 1819 Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland [1, 4, 6, 7] - Eglinton Castle
Person ID I5694 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Father Alexander Seton Montgomerie, b. Bef 1720 d. 28 Dec 1783, Scotland (Age > 63 years) Relationship natural Mother Lillas Montgomerie, b. 1715, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Nov 1783, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Marriage 11 Jun 1735 Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland [2, 5, 18, 19, 24] Family ID F2888 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Countess of Eglinton Eleanora Hamilton, b. 1750, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 17 Jan 1817, Scotland (Age 67 years) Marriage 3 Jun 1772 Scotland [6, 9] Children + 1. Lord Montgomery Archibald Montgomerie, b. 30 Jul 1773, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 4 Jan 1814, Alicante, Pais Valenciano, Spain (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Hon Roger Montgomerie, b. Abt 1775, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Jan 1792, Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica (Age 17 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Lady Jane Montgomerie, b. 1775, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 23 Feb 1860, Bath, Somerset, England (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Lady Lilias Montgomerie, b. Abt 1775, Scotland d. 10 Sep 1845, Scotland (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2883 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
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Birth - 5 Nov 1739 - Ayrshire, Scotland 
Occupation - Member of Parliament - Between 1780 and 1781 - Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Member of Parliament - Between 1784 and 1789 - Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire - Between 1796 and 1819 - Ayrshire, Scotland 
Fact 2 - Started Eglinton Castle - 1797 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Death - 14 Dec 1819 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Montgomerie, Hugh (1460-1545) AND Montgomerie, Hugh (1540-1585) AND Montgomerie, Alexander (1381-1470) AND Montgomerie, Alexander (1546-1611) AND Montgomerie, Alexander Seton (1588-1661) AND Montgomerie, Hugh (1739-1819)
Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20,22Montgomerie, Hugh (1739-1819)
Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20,22
Histories 
Montgomerie, Hugh (1739-1819)
Website link to article in "Wikipedia"
Photos Montgomerie, Hugh (1739-1819) 12 Earl of Eglinton
Folios 
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland
Sir Bernard Burke
1861
Page 633 Montgomery of Skelmorlie
T H Montgomery - Pages 137-141
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Montgomerys of Skelmorlie
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A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_tB.pdf - [S372] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), General Reference, OCLC 26094787.
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Debrett_s_Peerage_of_england_scotland_an.pdf - [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Lillas #021564 http://thepeerage.com/p2157.htm#i21564.
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Record for Hugh Montgomerie Earl of Eglinton
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=dictnatbiogv1&h=98508&indiv=try - [S1638] Bio Info on Hugh Montgomerie 12thEarlEglinton, (Name: Wikipedia;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Montgomerie,_12th_Earl_of_Eglinton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Montgomerie,_12th_Earl_of_Eglinton - [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Hamilton Eleanora #021568 http://thepeerage.com/p2157.htm#i21568.
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- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Jane #021784 http://thepeerage.com/p2179.htm#i21784.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Hamilton Archibald #021785 http://thepeerage.com/p2179.htm#i21785.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Lilias #021786 http://thepeerage.com/p2179.htm#i21786.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Oswald Richard Alexander #261688 http://thepeerage.com/p26169.htm#i261688.
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- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Mary #021567 http://thepeerage.com/p2157.htm#i21567.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie Alexander Seton #021563 http://thepeerage.com/p2157.htm#i021563.
- [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 137-141 Montgomerys of Skelmorlie https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00073-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=140.
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00073-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=140 - [S2570] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Lillias Montgomerie
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1ScotlandMarriages&h=1783404&indiv=try - [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 226) Baronets Montgomery of Skelmorly.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com - [S3069] Ancestry.com, Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference.
Record for Right Hon Lady Jane Hamilton
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2193&h=1161577&indiv=try - [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 - [S2570] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Lilias Montgomerie
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1ScotlandMarriages&h=55535&indiv=try
- [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.