Historical records matching Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
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About Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
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- The Scots peerage, Vol. III, page 462-463
- BBC - Your Paintings - Archibald Montgomerie (1812–1861), Later 13th Earl of Eglinton, PC, KT, as a Boy on Horseback
BIOGRAPHY Archibald, Lord Montgomerie, was heir to his father, the Earl of Eglinton. However, as he suffered from consumption, he went to Southern Europe for his health. In Palermo, Sicily, on 29 September 1812, his second son, also named Archibald, was born. In Alicante, Spain, on 4 January 1814, aged forty, Lord Montgomerie died. Lord Montgomerie's eldest son, Hugh, born 24 January 1811 at Coylsfield, died on 13 July 1817 at Eglintoun (sic) Castle, which made the second son, Archibald, heir to their grandfather.
On 15 December 1819 the eighty-year-old grandfather died at Eglintoun Castle and Archibald, aged seven, became the next Earl of Eglinton and Baron Ardrossan. From about 1823 till 1828 he was educated at Eton, and, on 30 August 1839, held a magnificent tournament at Eglintoun Castle, carried out in the ancient style, with Lady Seymour, later Duchess of Somerset, being the Queen of Beauty. The cost was expected not to exceed £2,000 but amounted to some £40,000. On 22 December 1840, he was served heir male general of George Seton, 4th Earl of Wintoun, and, as a result, on 17 June 1859, was created Earl of Winton.
On 17 February 1841, at Lambeth Palace, he married Theresa Newcomen, widow of Richard Howe-Cockerell, and they became the parents of four children. She died suddenly at Eglintoun Castle, on 16 December 1853. From 1842 till 1861 he was Lord Lieutenant of County Ayr; from 1851 till 1853 Lord Rector of Marischall College, Aberdeen; and from 1852 till 1854, of the University of Glasgow.
From February 1852 till January 1853, and again from February 1858 till July 1859, he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. While in Dublin, on 4 November 1858, he married Lady Adela Caroline Harriet Capell and they became the parents of two daughters. However, on 31 December 1860 in Edinburgh, aged thirty-two, she died of rheumatic fever.
The grey man or _Bodach Glas_ to whom Sir Walter Scott refers in his novel, _Waverley_ (1814) was a real phantom that appeared to the Eglinton family. It appeared to Archibald William, who died on 4 October 1861, aged forty-nine, no less than three times - the final occasion being on the golf course of St. Andrews. According to the legend, the Earl suddenly stopped in mid-stroke and said to his companion, 'I can play no longer, there is the _Bodach Glas._ I have seen it for the third time, something fearful is going to happen to me. That very night he died suddenly at the house of John Whyte-Melville, near St. Andrews.
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Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton's Timeline
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September 29, 1812
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Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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October 20, 1812
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Tarbolton, Mauchline, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
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December 3, 1841
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Eglinton, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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December 17, 1843
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May 15, 1846
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London, British Empire
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February 23, 1848
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St James, Westminster, London, England
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| 1859 |
August 24, 1859
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Kilwinning, Edinburgh, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
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| 1860 |
December 7, 1860
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