MONTGOMERIE, Alexander Lord Montgomerie, 8th Earl of Eglinton ¹

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Alexander married Elizabeth CRICHTON, daughter of William CRICHTON 2nd Earl of Dumfries and Penelope SWIFT, in January 1658.¹ (Elizabeth CRICHTON was born about 1640 and died by September 1678 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was thrice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Crichton, daughter of William, second Earl of Dumfries, a union which is referred to by contemporaries as an 'unhappy accident ' and 'an unexpected prank.' The parties seem to have eloped, and were married in January 1658. She died, according to the Memorials, before 23 October 1673, a statement made on apparently good grounds, but she wrote a letter to Lady Coilsfield on 8 January 1674. She must have died between that date and September 1678, when the Earl was anxiously negotiating for his second marriage .... The Earl had issue by his first wife only"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Alexander next married Grace POPELY on 2 February 1678.¹ (Grace POPELY was born about 1635 and died by 8 December 1698 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was thrice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Crichton .... She must have died ....(by)September 1678, when the Earl was anxiously negotiating for his second marriage with Grace, daughter of Francis Popeley of Woolley Moorehouse, Yorks, widow of Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton, Baronet, whom he married 2 February 1678-79. Grace, Countess of Eglintoun, died without issue, having made her will on 18 April 1698 .... The Earl had issue by his first wife only"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Alexander next married Catherine ST QUINTIN on 8 December 1698 in St Bride's Church, London, England.¹ (Catherine ST QUINTIN was born about 1625 and died on 6 August 1700 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was thrice married .... The Earl married, thirdly, at St. Bride's Church, London, 8 December 1698, Catherine, Lady Kaye, daughter of Sir William St. Quintin of Harpham, co. York, who had already been three times married .... She died 6 August 1700. The Earl had issue by his first wife only"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹