Sir Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount of the Great Ards

Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of the Ards, (1597–1642) was an Irish aristocrat who supported the Royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

2nd Viscount Montgomerie, succeeded his father at the age of 39. After a liberal education, he traveled abroad. In 1637, he was made a member of Privy Council. In the great rebellion he was appointed Colonel, and took an active part in military movements in Ireland. 1

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1. J. Vance Foster, Route 1 Box 374, Ft. Branch, IN 47648-9730, 812-753-4702, FAX 812-753-4328. January 1996.

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2nd Viscount of Ardes

Information from corresponding with Brent Friedrichs, Box 34, Charter Oak, IA 51439, 712-678-3720, email: blf@ia.frontiercomm.net, Dec. 1996.

Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Montgomery,_2nd_Viscount_Montgomery retrieved 12 Sept 2019

Montgomery was born in 1597 son of Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Ards, Ireland,[1] and Sara Maxwell, daughter of Sir John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles. [NO - his mother was 1st wife Elizabeth Shaw.]. Montgomery was a colonel in the Royalist army during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[2] He died on 15 November 1642.[1]

Montgomery married Jane, eldest daughter of William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Secretary of State for Scotland. (d. autumn 1670), who survived him and remarried to Major-General Robert Monro.[1] By his wife he had four children:

• Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander, eldest son and heir;
• James Montgomery;
• Henry Montgomery;
• Elizabeth Montgomery.[3] married William Montgomery of Rosemount.

Supporting data

http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery07.php

• a. Adam Montgomery, 5th of Braidstone (d before 15.05.1602) m. ?? Montgomery (dau of John Montgomery of Hessilhead (Haselheads))
  • (1) Sir Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards or Ardes or Airds (b c1560, d 15/25.05.1636) m1. (1587) Elizabeth Shaw (dd 11.1625, dau of John Shaw of Greenock)
    • (A) Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards (b c1597, d 15.11.1642) m. (1623) Jean Alexander (d 1670, dau of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling)
      • (i) Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander (b c1625, d 15.09.1663) m1. (12.1648) Mary Moore (b 1631, d 16.06.1655, dau of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount of Drogheda) m2. (1660/1) Catherine Jones (d 08.10.1675, dau of Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh) m. Raphael Hunt of Dollardstown (Dullardstown)
      • (ii) Henry Montgomery (d young)
      • (iii) James Montgomery (b 1639) m. Margaret Fitzwilliam (dau of Colonel _ Fitzwilliam)
      • (iv) Elizabeth Montgomery m. William [SIC: James] Montgomery of Rosemount (b c1632, d 1706)

References

• Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, p. 378 Archive.Org
• Rogers, Charles (1877), Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and of the house of Alexander, Edinburgh: W. Paterson, pp. 249–251 Archive.Org