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Earl Eglinton is in Earl.
Before 1490 Hugh Montgomerie 1st Earl Eglinton and Helen Campbell Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. She the daughter of Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll and Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll.
Around 10th January 1506 Hugh Montgomerie 1st Earl Eglinton was created 1st Earl Eglinton.
In June 1545 Hugh Montgomerie 1st Earl Eglinton died. Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton succeeded 2nd Earl Eglinton.
In or before 1546 Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton and Marion Seton Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton.
In 1546 Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton died. Hugh Montgomerie 3rd Earl Eglinton succeeded 3rd Earl Eglinton.
In 1554 Hugh Montgomerie 3rd Earl Eglinton and Jean Hamilton Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. She the daughter of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran and Margaret Douglas Duchess Châtellerault. He the son of Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton and Marion Seton Countess Eglinton.
On 10th August 1562 Hugh Montgomerie 3rd Earl Eglinton and Agnes Drummond Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. See Memorials of the Montgomeries Pages 185-187 He the son of Hugh Montgomerie 2nd Earl Eglinton and Marion Seton Countess Eglinton.
In 1585 Hugh Montgomerie 4th Earl Eglinton succeeded 4th Earl Eglinton.
In 1586 Hugh Montgomerie 5th Earl Eglinton succeeded 5th Earl Eglinton.
In 1612 Hugh Montgomerie 5th Earl Eglinton died. Alexander Seton aka Montgomerie 6th Earl Eglinton succeeded 6th Earl Eglinton. Anne Livingstone Countess Eglinton by marriage Countess Eglinton.
In 1631 Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton and Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. She the daughter of John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. He the son of Alexander Seton aka Montgomerie 6th Earl Eglinton and Anne Livingstone Countess Eglinton.
On 14th January 1661 Alexander Seton aka Montgomerie 6th Earl Eglinton died. Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton succeeded 7th Earl Eglinton.
In 1669 Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton died. Alexander Montgomerie 8th Earl Eglinton succeeded 8th Earl Eglinton.
In 1701 Alexander Montgomerie 8th Earl Eglinton died. Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton succeeded 9th Earl Eglinton. Susanna Kennedy Countess Winton by marriage Countess Winton.
On 18th February 1729 Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton died. Alexander Montgomerie 10th Earl Eglinton succeeded 10th Earl Eglinton.
On 24th October 1769 Alexander Montgomerie 10th Earl Eglinton was shot and killed by an excise officer or Gaudger (Scots) named Mungo Campbell following a dispute about the latter's right to bear arms on the Earl's grounds. The Earl died from his abdominal wounds late that evening at one o'clock on the morning of the 25th October 1769 at Eglinton Castle. Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton succeeded 11th Earl Eglinton.
John Brown, tide-officer or tide-waiter (a customs officer who boarded and inspected incoming ships) at Saltcoats, gave evidence that on the day of the earl's death, Tuesday 24 October 1769, he was on duty and walking with Mungo Campbell "They passed through the grounds of Montfodd, and thereafter crossed a burn, which is the march between Montfodd and the earl of Eglintoun's property, and went through lord Eglintoun's ground towards the sea."
The trial of Mungo Campbell, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for the murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun. Extracted from the records of the court:
That the earl faid to him, That he might have a right to carry a gun, but not upon his lands, without his liberty. That the pannel upon this faid to the earl, I beg your lordfhip's pardon: or, I beg your pardon. That at this time lord Eglintoun was difmounted from his horfe, and advancing nearer the pannel, who again was retiring fometimes backwards, at other times tideways, having his mufket dill pointed at the earl. But the deponent did not obferve whether he had his hand upon the cock or not; neither drd the deponent hear any threatnings uled by the pannel againft the earl. Depones, whein the pannel was retreating, he fell clofe by where the deponent was fitting on his horfe, and by his fall frightened the deponent's horfe, fo that the horfe reeled a little; during which time the deponent did not obferve the pannel, but immediately thereafter, having got -his horfe fettled, he faw the pannel half fitting half lying, and faw him point his gun towards Lord Eglintoun, and immediately fire it. — That at this time lord Eglintoun was within two or three yards of the pannel. That upon this lord Eglintoun gave three or four loud cries, that he was gone. Depones, that the pannel fired his gun without putting it to his fhoulder, but raifed the butt above his haunch, and pointed it at the earl.
Campbell was convicted of murder but hanged himself with a silk scarf provided by his friends before the sentence could be carried out.
A map of the lands of Montfode and Ardrossan in 1769 showing the details of the incident.
Alexander Montgomerie 10th Earl Eglinton: On 10th February 1723 he was born to Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton and Susanna Kennedy Countess Winton. On 18th February 1729 Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton died. Alexander Montgomerie 10th Earl Eglinton succeeded 10th Earl Eglinton.
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On 30th March 1772 Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton and Jean aka Jane Lindsay Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. She the daughter of George Lindsay Crawford 21st Earl Crawford 5th Earl Lindsay. He the son of Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton and Susanna Kennedy Countess Winton.
On 30th October 1796 Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton died at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning. Hugh Montgomerie 12th Earl Eglinton succeeded 12th Earl Eglinton.
On 14th December 1819 Hugh Montgomerie 12th Earl Eglinton died. Archibald William Montgomerie 13th Earl Eglinton succeeded 13th Earl Eglinton.
On 4th October 1861 Archibald William Montgomerie 13th Earl Eglinton died. Archibald Montgomerie 14th Earl of Eglinton succeeded 14th Earl Eglinton.
On 6th December 1862 Archibald Montgomerie 14th Earl of Eglinton and Sophia Anderson-Pelham Countess Eglinton were married. She by marriage Countess Eglinton. They had four daughters. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 2nd Earl Yarborough and Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough. He the son of Archibald William Montgomerie 13th Earl Eglinton and Theresa Howe Newcomen.
On 30th August 1892 Archibald Montgomerie 14th Earl of Eglinton died. George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton succeeded 15th Earl Eglinton.
On 10th August 1919 George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton died. Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton succeeded 16th Earl Eglinton. Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton by marriage Countess Eglinton.