MONTGOMERIE, Alexander Lord Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton ^{1 2}

   Another name for Alexander was MONTGOMERY, Alexander.²

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Alexander married Margaret COCHRANE on 11 December 1676 in Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret COCHRANE was born about 1660.)

  Marriage Notes:

"MONTGOMERIE
ALEXANDER EARL
MARGARET COCHRANE/FR331 (FR331)
11/12/1676
590 20 / 4
DUNDONALD"

from Index of Marriages




"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was three times married. First (contract dated 7 and 16 December 1676), to Margaret, eldest daughter of William, Lord Cochrane, and grand-daughter of the first Earl of Dundonald. There is a story of how Lord Dundonald and all his attendants, on their way to the marriage, were arrested by witch power at a certain spot,from which the horses would not move, and the whole cavalcade was obliged to go home again .... The Earl had issue, by his three wives, twenty children."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ^{1 2}

Alexander next married Anna GORDON, daughter of Sir George GORDON of Haddo, Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor of Scotland and Anne LOCKHART heiress of Tarbrax, on 4 February 1698 in Kilwinning parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Anna GORDON was baptised on 18 July 1675 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³ and was buried on 16 December 1708 ^{1 4}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"MONTGOMERIE
ALEXANDER EARL
ANNE GORDON/FR251 (FR251)
04/02/1698
599 10 / 345
KILWINNING"

from Index of Marriages




"Anna (Gordon), baptized at Methlic 18 July 1675, married to Alexander, ninth Earl of Eglinton, and died before June 1709." (page 89)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)



"p. 89, 11. 26, 27, delete ' died before June 1709,' and insert ' was buried 16 December 1708 (Complete Peerage, s.v. Eglinton).'"

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)




"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was three times married .... He married, secondly, Anne, eldest daughter of George Gordon, first Earl of Aberdeen, who had a daughter, and was buried 16 December 1708 .... The Earl had issue, by his three wives, twenty children."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ^{1 2 4 5}

Alexander next married Susanna KENNEDY, daughter of Sir Archibald KENNEDY of Culzean, Baronet and Elizabeth LESLIE, on 19 June 1709 in Kilwinning parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Susanna KENNEDY was born about 1690 and died on 18 March 1780 in Auchans House, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"MONTGOMERY
ALEXANDER EARL
SUSANNA KENNEDY/FR265 (FR265)
19/06/1709
599 10 / 373
KILWINNING"

from Index of Marriages




"The Earl (Alexander Montgomerie) was three times married .... He married .... thirdly, in June 1709, Susanna, daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, who survived him, and died his widow at Auchans House 18 March 1780, in the ninety-first year of her age, and fifty-first of her widowhood. Countess Susanna is said to have been the most beautiful woman of her time, of unusually tall stature, yet perfect both as to figure and carriage, and with a face of exquisite beauty. To the charms of her personal appearance were added the more powerful attractions of genius and great accomplishments. She was a great patroness of literary men ; Allan Ramsay, William Hamilton of Bangour, and others celebrated her charms and her virtues in their works. Many of her letters have been preserved, and show her a wise and tender mother, and she carefully managed her children and their affairs after her husband's death. She lived chiefly at Auchans House, and there she received Dr. Johnson, who was delighted with her, as their principles in Church and State were entirely similar. She was then in her eighty-fifth year, but Boswell describes her figure as majestic, her manner high bred, her reading extensive, and her conversation elegant. The Earl had issue, by his three wives, twenty children."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ^{1 2}