Biography of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose 1612-1650

Paternal Family Tree: Graham

1645 Battle of Inverlochy

1650 Battle of Carbisdale

On 09 Nov 1608 [his grandfather] John Graham 3rd Earl Montrose (age 60) died. His son [his father] John Graham 4th Earl Montrose (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl Montrose.

Before Oct 1612 [his father] John Graham 4th Earl Montrose (age 39) and Margaret Ruthven Countess Montrose were married. She by marriage Countess Montrose. She the daughter of William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie. He the son of John Graham 3rd Earl Montrose. They were fourth cousins.

Around Oct 1612 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose was born to John Graham 4th Earl Montrose (age 39).

In 1626 [his father] John Graham 4th Earl Montrose (age 53) died.

Around 1631 [his son] James Graham 2nd Marquess Montrose was born to James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 18).

In 1644 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 31) was created 1st Marquess Montrose.

1645 Battle of Inverlochy

On 02 Feb 1645 a Royalist force of Highlanders and Confederate Irish troops under the overall command of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 32) defeated the forces of Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll (age 37) who had been camped at Inverlochy Castle.

In 1650 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 37) was appointed 451st Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 19).

Battle of Carbisdale

On 27 Apr 1650 the Battle of Carbisdale was fought between the Scottish Royalists commanded by James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 37) and an army of the Scottish government. The Scottish government army was victorious.

On 21 May 1650 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 37) was hanged at Edinburgh [Map] following his capture at the Battle of Carbisdale. His body was dismembered following his death. His son [his son] James Graham 2nd Marquess Montrose (age 19) succeeded 2nd Marquess Montrose.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Sep 1651. I went with my wife (age 16) to St. Germains, to condole with Mr. Waller's (age 45) loss. I carried with me and treated at dinner that excellent and pious person the Dean of St. Paul's, Dr. Stewart, and Sir Lewis Dives (age 52) (half-brother to the Earl of Bristol (age 38)) [Note. Beatrice Walcott was mother to Lewis Dyve (age 52) and George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol (age 38) by her first and second husbands respectively. At the time of writing, 1651, the Earl of Bristol was John Digby 1st Earl Bristol (age 71); a case of Evelyn writing hi sdiary retrospectively], who entertained us with his wonderful escape out of prison in Whitehall [Map], the very evening before he was to have been put to death, leaping down out of a jakes two stories high into the Thames at high water, in the coldest of winter, and at night; so as by swimming he got to a boat that attended for him, though he was guarded by six musketeers. After this, he went about in women's habit, and then in a small-coal-man's, traveling 200 miles on foot, embarked for Scotland with some men he had raised, who coming on shore were all surprised and imprisoned on the Marquis of Montrose's score; he not knowing anything of their barbarous murder of that hero. This he told us was his fifth escape, and none less miraculous; with this note, that the charging through 1,000 men armed, or whatever danger could befall a man, he believed could not more confound and distract a man's thoughts than the execution of a premeditated escape, the passions of hope and fear being so strong. This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spoke of himself. I returned to Paris the same evening.

Evelyn's Diary. 03 Dec 1651. Sir Lewis Dives (age 52) dined with us, who relating some of his adventures, showed me divers pieces of broad gold, which, being in his pocket in a fight, preserved his life by receiving a musket bullet on them, which deadened its violence, so that it went no further; but made such a stroke on the gold as fixed the impressions upon one another, battering and bending several of them; the bullet itself was flatted, and retained on it the color of the gold. He assured us that of a hundred of them, which it seems he then had in his pocket, not one escaped without some blemish. He affirmed that his being protected by a Neapolitan Prince, who connived at his bringing some horses into France, contrary to the order of the Viceroy, by assistance of some banditti, was the occasion of a difference between those great men, and consequently of the late civil war in that kingdom, the Viceroy having killed the Prince standing on his defense at his own castle. He told me that the second time of the Scots coming into England, the King was six times their number, and might easily have beaten them; but was betrayed, as were all other his designs and counsels, by some, even of his bedchamber, meaning M. Hamilton, who copied Montrose's letters from time to time when his Majesty was asleep.

Royal Ancestors of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose 1612-1650

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose 1612-1650

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Graham 2nd Lord Graham

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Graham 1st Earl Montrose 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen aka Eleanor Douglas 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Graham 2nd Earl Montrose 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond

Great x 3 Grandmother: Annabella Dummond Countess Montrose 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lindsay Lady Drummond 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Graham Master of Montrose 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Keith 2nd Earl Marischal

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Keith 3rd Earl Marischal

Great x 2 Grandmother: Janet Keith Countess Montrose

GrandFather: John Graham 3rd Earl Montrose 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Malcolm Fleming 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fleming 2nd Lord Fleming 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eupheme Drummond

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Fleming Countess Atholl 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Janet Stewart Lady Fleming 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stewart 1st Earl Buchan 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isobel Stewart 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ogilvy Countess Buchan

Father: John Graham 4th Earl Montrose 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England