1st Lord Montgomery Alexander Montgomerie
1381 - 1470 (89 years)-
Name Alexander Montgomerie [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] Title 1st Lord Montgomery Birth 1381 Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland 
[2] Gender Male Occupation 1425 [12] Privy Council Occupation 1437 England [2] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation 1449 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation Between 1451 and 1452 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Occupation 1456 England [27] Commissioner to negotiate with England Death 1470 Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland [2, 10, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28] - Eglinton Castle
Person ID I10377 Clan Montgomery Society Last Modified 30 Sep 2026
Father 10th of Eaglesham John Montgomerie, b. 1363, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Bef 22 Nov 1429, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age < 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Agnes MacDonald, b. 1363, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland d. 9 Mar 1413, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1381 Scotland Family ID F3325 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Boyd, b. 1397, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Aft 16 Sep 1453, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age > 56 years) Marriage 1414 Children > 1. Janet Montgomerie [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. 1st Laird of Skelmorlie George Montgomerie, b. 1415, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1505, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Reverend Thomas Montgomerie, b. 1420, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1510 (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. 2nd Laird of Giffen John Montgomerie, b. 1424, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1485, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Master of Montgomery Alexander Montgomerie, b. 1428, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1452, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 24 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Margaret I Christian Montgomerie, b. 1436, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 20 Jul 1461, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Elizabeth Montgomerie, b. 1440, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1467, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 8. Agnes Montgomerie, b. 1442, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1510 (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3327 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Sep 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 1381 - Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1437 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1449 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - Between 1451 and 1452 - England Occupation - Commissioner to negotiate with England - 1456 - England 
Death - 1470 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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Folios 
T H Montgomery - Pages 045-055 ; XIII - XVII
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
[XIII - XVII] EagleshamT H Montgomery - Pages 145-147
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Macbie Hill, Baronets
History of the County of Ayr, Vol I
Pages 289-290 Montgomeries of Bogston
Parish of Beith
Matthew Montgomerie
Book Found on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoftA Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
Sir Bernard Burke
1899
Pages 313-314 Montgomery of Grey Abbey
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Notes - Councillor to the King in indenture dated 10 August 1440.
A Lord of Parliment in charter of the lordship of Hamilton.
A Commissioner who negotiated a treaty of peace with England in 1438. Ambassador to England in 1459-60.
Sir Alexander was created Lord Montgomerie and became a member of
the King's council.
History from the Clan Montgomery Society.
Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.
- Councillor to the King in indenture dated 10 August 1440.
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Sources - [S3150] Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom, (Name: G Woodfall; Location: London, England; Date: 1828;), 17th Edition in Two VolumesPages 486-488Earl of Eglinton.
Debrett_s_Peerage_of_england_scotland_an.pdf - [S5243] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Montgomerie, Alexander #005221Accessed KRM 24 Nov 2020 9:05amhttp://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221 - [S3165] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogicial and Family History oF Western New York, (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1912;), Volume IGenealogical_and_family_history_of_weste.pdfPages 438-440 Montgomerys.
- [S3151] Browning, Charles H, Americans of Royal Descent, (Name: Name: Porter and Coates; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Date: 1883;;), Americans_of_Royal_Descent_ed_by_C_H_Bro.;pdf Available on Google BooksPedigree XXX Campbell Pages 123-128.
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Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?ftm=1 - [S3183] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), Pages 279-286 Montgomeries of Braidstane, OCLC 26094787.
Book Found on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft - [S3226] Robertson, George, Topographical Description of Ayrshire, (Name: Cunninghanm Press; Location: Edinburgh, Scotland; Date: 1820;).
- [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 101) Montgomerys, Earls of Eglinton.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com - [S3183] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), General Reference, OCLC 26094787.
- [S3169] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;).
Record for Sir Alexander De Montgomerie Baron Montgomerie
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=DictNatBiogV1&h=40174&indiv=try - [S2901] MBWG, Montgomery Benchmark Working Group, Verification of the Ancestry of Sven Jacob Montgomery, (Name: Lulu; Date: 2012;), pp 019-033 Summary of Sven Jacob's AncestorsBook written by committe to describe the DNA history of the 1st Earl of Eglinton and this Swedish descendants.
- [S3166] Archdale, Henry Blackwood, Memoirs of the Archdales, (Name: Impartial Reporter Office; Location: Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Date: 1925;), Pages iv, v, 23, 24 Montgomery Charts.
http://www.combs-families.org/archdale/memoirs/ - [S3187] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, (Name: Harrison & Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1899;), Montgomery of Grey AbbeyPages 313-314Montgomerie, Robert b. 1544.
A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_the_Ireland.pdf
Book found on Google Books
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_t/Ha0EAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=A+Genealogical+and+Heraldic+History+of+the+Landed+Gentry+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover - [S3152] 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 - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 228) Montgomerys of Giffenhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00133-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=253.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00133-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=253 - [S3167] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage 1906, (Name: Harrison and Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1906;), Pages 569-573 Earls of Eglinton and Winton.
Book found at California Genealogical Society - [S3157] Turner-Thomas, Sir Arthur, Lord Eaglesham - Celtic, (Location: http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/;), Lord Eaglesham 10Celtic Royal Genealgoyhttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I28114.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I28114 - [S3161] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 02Accessed KRM 25 Oct 2020 5:50amhttps://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery02.php.
Montgomery of Ardrossan, Montgomery of Eaglesham, Montgomery of Eastwood, Montgomery of Thorntoun
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery02.php - [S3436] De Boever, Luc, The Montgommerys from the Vikings to our Present Day, (Name: l'Imprimerie Moderne de Bayeux; Location: Bayeux, France; Date: 2018;), Part 2, Section 8Pages 35-40Roger II Montgomerie.
- [S3161] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 03Accessed KRM 17 Nov 2020 3:44omhttps://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php.
Montgomery of Brigend, Montgomery of Eglinton, Montgomery of Giffen, Montgomerie de Lorges, Montgomery of Smithtoun (Smistoun)
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 045-055 XIII-XVIIJohn Montgomery of Eagleshamhttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/?count=50&f-F00032DB=45.
Book found at Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/?count=50&f-F00032DB=45 - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 179) Montgomerys of Hessilheidhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
There are several entries where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202 - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 145-147Montgomerys of Macbie Hill, Baronetshttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00077-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=148.
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_GenMono001578-00077-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=148 - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Electronic Book .PDF 170 pagesa_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.
- [S3153] Price, Lucy Montgomery Smith, The Sydney-Smith and Clagett-Price Genealogy, (Name: Shenandoah Publishing House; Location: Strasburg, Virginia; Date: 1927;).
Book found on Heritage Quest
also available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/24094/ - [S3186] Hill, Rev George, Editor, Montgomery Manuscripts_WmMont of Rosemount, (Name: James Cleeland; Location: Belfast; Date: Jan 1869;), Pages 001-015Chapter IMontgomery, 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 - [S3163] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Montgomerie, Alexander #005221 Accessed KRM 24 Nov 2020 9:05am http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5221 - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), This book is available electronically on ancestry.com.
- [S3150] Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom, (Name: G Woodfall; Location: London, England; Date: 1828;), 17th Edition in Two VolumesPages 486-488Earl of Eglinton.
