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MONTROSE, 353 IT. 1513. 2. William (Graham), Earl of Montrose, &c. [ s -j s. and lu, by first wife ; sti/lcd Lord Graham from ISO'S till he sin: to the peerage [Si], 9 Sep. 1519 ; was, in 1514, one of the custodians of the young King James V, [8.] for whom (many years later) in 1530 he was a Commissioner of Regency : wa.-. joint Keeper irf Stirling Castle and of the person of Mary, Queen of Sets, in 1543. He jn. probably before 1526, Janet, 1st da. of William (Keith), 3d E*M. MARISC'HAt [S.], by Elizabeth, da. of George 'Gordon), 2d E.utl. n* HfXTLY [S.] She was living 24 April 1588. He A 24 May 1571. [Rohkrt Graham, st#M Lord Graham, 9. un<1 h. m. He in. Margaret, .'ill da. of Malcolm (Ft.KMixo 1 . 8il Lord Flkmino [S.] He d. v.p., being slain at the battle of Pinkie, 10 Sep. 1587. His widow W. Thomas KiisKINK, Master of Erskine (who rf. 1551), ami thirdly John Stewart;, Earl of Athoi.r [S ]. who d. 24 April 1570, leaving her surviving.] III. 1571. -7. .lonx (Graham), Earl of Montrose, &c, |_S.]. grandson and h.. being posthumous s. and h. of Robert Graham, ■sti/lcd Loud Graham, and Margaret, his wife, both alioveiiamed. He was b. 15 IS and was sti/lcd Loud Giiaham till he .wc to the peerage [S.], 24 May 1571, having mean- while (24 July 1567), been one of the Commissioners to receive Queen Mary's resignation of the Crown f.S.] at Lnchleren. He was Chancellor of the jury at the trial of the Earl of Morton [Si] in 1581 ; was an Extra. Lord of Session [S.J, 1584-85, and 1591-90 : High Treasurer [S.]. 1584 ) High Chancellor [&], 1599— 1601; Viceroy [" Supremtit reyni Scotia procurator") ui Scotland. 1604, supporting the re- establishment of Episcopacy. He in. in 1509 Jean, da. of David ( Drim.mond), 2d Lord Dkcmmoxp [S.]. by his second wife, Lilias, da. of William ( RrTHYEX), 2d Lord Rithven [S.] He d. 9 Nov. 1008, aged 60. IV. 100S. JonN (Graiiam), Earl of Montrose, &c. [S.j, s. aiul h . styled Lord Graham till he sin: to the peerage [S.j. 9 Nov. 100S ; was President of the Council [SJ from July to Nov. 1020. Ho HI. Margaret, 1st da. of William (lUTOVEN), 1st Eari. of Guwrie [S.J, by Dorothea, da. of Henry (Stewart), 1st Lord Methven [S.] He d. 24 Nov. 1020. V. IG2G. J nnd 1. James (Graham), Earl of Montrose, w „ „„„*„ rc 1 &ft IS.], only s. and h., h. 1012; sti/lcd Lord Graham till he Maiquessate (S.J §)|ft /() lh( ^ (Cralje rg^ j 4 Nov . Ht>( at firgt> to „ k ]art I. 1G4 J. with the Covenanters but after the treaty of Ripor., 1040, espoused the Royal cause ami was by warrant under sign manual, dat at Oxford, 0 May 1044.it. MARQUESS OF MONTROSE, EARL OE KINCARDINE, LORD GRAHAM AND MUGDOCK IS ], which creation was con- finned after his death by patent, 12 Dec. 1000, with the original precedence. ( a ) He, as Commander in Chief of the King's forces [S.J obtained a series of victories, 1644-45, with a greatly inferior force, over the party of the Covenanters ; at Tippermuir and Aberdeen in Sep. 1044, at Inverloehy in Feb., at Alderu in May, at Alfurd in July, and at Kilsyth (with the slaughter of above 5,000 men) in Aug. ltii.i, soon after which Edinburgh* and Glasgow submitted to him. He was, however, totally defeated by General Leslie at Philiphaugh on 13 Sep. following, and, being commanded by the King to disband his forces, retired to the Continent. He declined the. appointment of Lieut. Gen. in the French army but was made Field Marshal by the Emperor Ferdinand 111. He joined Charles II. at the Hague, by whom he was made K.Gr. (being el. at Jersey, 12 Jan. 1049/50, tho' never installed), the insignia being sent to him in Norway, where he was preparing for the invasion of Scotland. Having landed at Orkney, he was defeated at luvercharron, in Caithness-shire, And tho' he himself escaped, was delivered up (by the treachery of Macleod of Assynt) and was hung, drawn, and quartered, at Edinburgh, 21 May 1050, aged 38, hi3 remains being (") See p. 309, note " d," sub " Middletou," as to this reintegration of the inchoate signature of 1044. Z