MONTGOMERIE, Hugh Lord Montgomerie, 5th Earl of Eglinton ¹

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  General Notes:

"HUGH, fifth Earl of Eglintoun, who was an infant at his father's death. It has been stated that he was the son of his father's second wife, but this is disproved by the fact that Robert Boyd of Badinhaith was his uncle....

... The Earl's estate was apparently well cared for during his minority, as in 1603, while still under age, he was enabled to acquire by purchase the barony of Kilwinning from the Oommendator, William Melville, and in 1606 he describes himself as Earl of Eglintoun, Lord Montgomerie and Kilwinning."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Hugh married Margaret MONTGOMERIE, daughter of Robert MONTGOMERIE of Giffen and Unknown, in August 1604.¹ The marriage ended in annulled 11 march 1612. (Margaret MONTGOMERIE was born about 1590 and died by 1616 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

" .... Margaret, born about 1590, was married, first, about 1604, to her cousin Hugh, fifth Earl of Eglintoun ..." (page 442)

"The fifth Earl married, in August 1604 (contract dated 3, 5, and 9 May 1604), his cousin-german, Margaret, eldest daughter of Robert Montgomerie of Giffen, Master of Eglintoun. He had already in 1598, been contracted to Gabriela Stewart, sister of Ludovic, second Duke of Lennox, but she preferred to become a nun. About two years after his marriage the Earl granted to his wife, as his nearest heir, the earldom of Eglintoun and other lands. The union turned out unhappily, and the parties having separated in June 1608, the Earl revoked his grants. The marriage was annulled by the Commissaries of Edinburgh, 11 March 1612, on a petition by the Countess." (page 444)

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹