Margaret Graham of Montrose

LADY MARGARET GRAHAM

Lady Margaret Graham, here treated, is the daughter of William Graham, Earl of Montrose, and his second wife Janet Edmonstone. In his account of the family W. B. Cook had this to say about Lady Margaret: "as daughter of the second marriage, [she] was in April 1506, in her infancy, contracted to John, Master of Lennox, son and heir-apparent of Matthew, Earl of Lennox, which marriage did not take place, and she was afterwards married (contract 10 July 1510) to Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan. The Scots Peerage VI: 226

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

15 April 1506: Indenture between Mathew, Earl of Lennox, lord Darnley and William, Earl of Montrose, lord Graham whereby it is agreed that John Stuart, son and heir apparent to the said Mathew shall marry Margaret Graham, lawful daughter of the said William and the deceased Janet Edmonstone his spouse, as soon as they are old enough to marry legally; in contemplation of which marriage the Earl of Montrose shall pay to the Earl of Lennox the sum of 1800 merks of which 7 merks are paid for redeeming a wadset on the Earl of Lennox's lands of Hendrystoun at Michaelmas 1509, and 300 merks for redeeming another wadset of the Earl of Lennox's lands of Househill at Michaelmas 1510, and thereafter 100 merks to be paid termly at Whitsunday and Michaelmas till the 1800 merks is completely paid. The money appointed for redeeming wadsets is not to be used for any other purpose. In return for this tocher the Earl of Lennox is obliged to put his son in fee of £100 of land lying in a convenient place with a mansion house, and to put John and Mary in conjunct fee of 100 merks worth by year of the £100 land, reserving the liferent of the remainder to the Earl of Lennox. Dated at Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Graham Family, Dukes of Montrose (Montrose Muniments), reference GD220/1/A/2/7/4

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage VI: 226
2. The Scots Peerage VIII: 14
3. Stirnet: Graham 02
4. Stirnet: Somerville 02

Misleading Genealogy

1. The Baronial House of Somerville: an abridged and condensed narrative of the .. . Page 73. "this lady had been previously married to William, master of Lennox."
2. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ...  By Sir Bernard Burke. Page 512.]
3. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and ..., Volume 5  edited by George Edward Cokayne. Page 63.
4. The Baronial House of Somerville: an abridged and condensed narrative of the ... page 77