Countess of Eglinton Egidia Boyd

1556 - 1586  (30 years)

• Name	Egidia Boyd  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	Countess of Eglinton
  Birth	1556	Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LJKW-YV9
  Death	18 Apr 1586	Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Eglinton
  Person ID	I10422	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

  Mother	Lady Margaret Colquhoun,   b. 1525, Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 11 Aug 1601, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F18775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	4th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1563, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1586, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1576	Ayrshire, Scotland   [2, 6, 7]
  Children	1. 5th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1584, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 4 Sep 1612, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

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• Folios		T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136 Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery Montgomerys of Hessilhead
  		Montgomery Manuscripts Pages 001-015 Montgomery Manuscripts, edited by Rev George Hill Chapter I Montgomery, William of Rosemont (1633-1707)

  
  

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  [S3152] Chapter (Page 101) Montgomerys, Earls of Eglinton. This book is available electronically on ancestry.com [S5243] Boyd, Egidia (1556-1586) #021514 Accessed KRM 17 Aug 2025 2:37pm http://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21514. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy http://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21514 [S5770] Pages 062-079 Lainshaw Line Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. [S5770] Pages 059-062 Hugh Montgomerie Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. [S3161] Montgomery 03 Accessed KRM 17 Nov 2020 3:44om https://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 [S3186] Pages 001-015 Chapter I Montgomery, 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 [S5243] Montgomerie, Hugh (1563-1586) #021506 Access KRM 17 Aug 2025 2:39pm http://thepeerage.com/p2151.htm#i21506. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy http://thepeerage.com/p2151.htm#i21506