Hugh Archibald William Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton, 7th Earl of Winton (born 24 July 1966) is a Scottish peer, landowner, businessman, Sheriff of Renfrewshire, and chief of Clan Montgomery. From birth until 2018, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Montgomerie.[1]
On 14 June, 2018 Montgomerie succeeded his father as Earl of Eglinton (1507), Earl of Winton (1859), Lord Montgomerie (1445), and Baron Ardrossan (1806).[1] At the time of his father’s death, the family seat was at Balhomie House, near Cargill, Perthshire,[2] but this was sold in 2019.
As well as serving as Sheriff of Renfrewshire, he is chief of Clan Montgomery. The first of the name in Scotland was Robert of Montgomerie, who was granted the estate of Eaglesham in Renfrewshire in the reign of King David I (1124–1153). His father had held the Castle of Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery near Lisieux in Normandy and had come into England with William the Conqueror.[5]
Eglinton has been a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs since 2018[6] and is also the chairman of the Society of Scottish Armigers.[7]
On 19 December 1991, Montgomerie married firstly Sara Alexandra Redpath. They were divorced in 1998. On 28 July 2001 he married secondly Carol Anne Robinson and with her has three children:[2]
Lady Helena Montgomerie (born 2003)
Lady Beatrice Montgomerie (born 2005)
Rhuridh Seton Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie (born 2007).
↑ The London Gazette, Issue 55873, 13 June 2000 (Supplement), p. 6417
↑ "MONTGOMERY Chief: the Rt Hon. Hugh Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton, 7th Earl of Winton" in Roddy Martine, Clans and Tartans of Scotland (Birlinn, 2022), p. 201
↑ Clan Chiefs, clanchiefs.org.uk, accessed 6 November 2022
Italics in entries mean the peer also holds a previously listed earldom of higher precedence
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