Individual Details

George "1st of Skelmorlie" Montgomery

(Bef 1453 - Bef 11 Feb 1505)

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== Biography ==
}George was the second son of [[Montgomerie-106|Alexander Montgomery]]
[[#FraserMontgomery1|Fraser - Montgomeries]]: [https://archive.org/stream/memorialsofmonv100fras#page/153/mode/1up p. 154]
and [[Boyd-431|Margaret Boyd]].
[[#Montgomery|Montgomery]]: [https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00mont#page/137/mode/1up p. 137]

He was the ancestor of the family of Skelmorlie, of which the 7th Laird was created Sir Robert Montgomerie, 1st Baronet Montgomery on 1 Jan 1628. The direct male line ended with the heiress of the 5th Baronet, Lilias Montgomerie, who m. Alexander Montgomerie of Coilsfield, and her eldest son became 12th Earl of Eglinton.
He married Margaret Houston, daughter of Sir John Houston.
[[#Burke60|Burke - Dictionary of Peerage ed. 60]]:[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.d0001238401&view=1up&seq=1523 p. 1373]


Children:
# John Montgomerie of Skelmorlie
# Robert
George died before 11 Feb 1505.

== Sources ==

* [[Burke-5780|Burke, John]] and [[Burke-5777|Burke, John Bernard]], "'Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage", London: Harrison & Sons, 1898, ed, 60
* [[Wikipedia:William_Fraser_(historian)|Fraser, William]], "Memorials of the Montgomeries. Earls of Eglinton", Edinburgh: private, 1859, Vol. I
* [[Montgomery-10861|Montgomery, Thomas Harrison]], "A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery: Including the Montgomery Pedigree", Philadephia: private, 1863
* [[Montgomery-10861|Montgomery, Thomas Harrison]], "A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery: Including the Montgomery Pedigree", Philadephia: private, 1863
* [[Paul-7288|Paul, James Balfour]]. "[[Space:The Scots Peerage|The Scots Peerage]] : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1906, Vol. III
* [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03paul#page/432/mode/2up The Scots Peerage, v.3 p. 433]

Events

BirthBef 1453Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
DeathBef 11 Feb 1505
Reference No6513943
Reference No6726169
Reference No60

Families

FatherAlexander "1st Lord Montgomerie" Montgomerie (1413 - 1470)
MotherMargaret Boyd (1420 - 1453)
SiblingMargaret "Countess of Lennox" Montgomerie (1425 - 1493)
SiblingRev Thomas Montgomery (1415 - 1505)
SiblingAlexander "Master of Montgomerie" Montgomerie (1428 - 1452)
SiblingAgnes Montgomery (1438 - 1510)
SiblingElizabeth Montgomerie (1439 - 1471)