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Earldom of Eglinton

PeeragePeerage of Scotland
Coat of arms of The Earl of Eglinton and Winton.
The coat of arms of Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton.
The Montgomerie family crest.
The Tournament bridge and Eglinton castle in 1876.

Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.[a] In 1859, the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords, and both earldoms have been united since. Furthermore, other titles held with the earldoms are: Lord Montgomerie (created 1449), Baron Ardrossan (1806) and Baron Seton and Tranent (1859). The first is in the Peerage of Scotland, while the latter two are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

William Dunbar mentions a Sir Hugh of Eglinton in his Lament for the Makaris, citing him as a fellow poet. He has sometimes been tentatively identified as Huchown, but this is not certain.

The Earl of Eglinton is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Montgomery.

The family seat is Balhomie House, near Cargill, Perthshire. The ancestral seat was Eglinton Castle, in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.

Lords Montgomerie (1449)

Earls of Eglinton (1508)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Rhuridh Seton Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie (b. 2007).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Some authorities spell the title: Earl of Eglintoun (Burk 1832, p. 425)

References

  • Burke, John (1832). A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. 1. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1894). "Montgomerie, Alexander (1588-1661)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 298–300. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) (6th Earl)

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