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	Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton and 1st Earl of Winton, (September 29, 1812 - October 4, 1861), was born at Palermo.
		Educated at Eton, the young Earl's main object of interest for some years was the turf; he kept a large racing stud and won success and reputation in the sporting world.
		Eglinton was a staunch Tory, and in February 1852 he became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Earl of Derby.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archibald_William_Montgomerie,_13th_Earl_of_Eglinton (447 words)

	Earl of Eglinton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The title Earl of Eglinton is a peerage title in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland.
		In 1859 the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created (Click link for more info and facts about Earl of Winton) Earl of Winton in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom, and both earldoms have been united since.
		Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton, 4th Earl of Winton (1880-1945)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earl_of_eglinton.htm (240 words)

	George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thomas Villiers (1709-1786), second son of the 2nd earl of Jersey, who served with distinction as English minister in Germany, and in 1776 the earldom of Clarendon was revived in his favour.
		The 2nd and 3rd earls were sons of the 1st, and, neither of them having sons, the title passed, on the death of the 3rd Earl (John Charles) in 1838, to their younger brother's son.
		In 1820, as the eldest son of an earl's brother with royal descent, he was enabled to take his M.A. degree under the statutes of the university then in force.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/George_William_Frederick_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Clarendon (1764 words)

	The Feud of Glencairn and Eglinton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Eglinton Castle was but a few miles distant in the one direction, and in the other, within easy ken, was the keep of Ardrossan, with its heavy battlements and its solid masonry.
		Eglinton estate stretched near and far; it had many fine homesteads, beeves fed on many a field, and the corn was ripe in the fields for the harvest, The farm houses sat peacefully in the autumn sun, their inmates all unconscious of what awaited them.
		It will be remembered that the presence of the Earl of Eglinton in Langshaw was made known to the Cuninghames by the Lady of the house, and that the fluttering of a tablecloth, waved either by her own hands or by those of her sympathetic maid, was the signal for doom.
	www.maybole.org /history/Books/legends/feudofglencairnandeglinton.htm (4728 words)

	KILWINNING - LoveToKnow Article on KILWINNING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This beautiful specimen of Early English architecture was partly destroyed In 1561, and its lands were granted to the earl of Eglinton and others.
		Kilwinning is the traditional birthplace of Scottish freemasonry, the lodge, believed to have been founded by the foreign architects and masons who came to build the abbey, being regarded as the mother lodge in Scotland.
		About a mile frOm Kilwinning is Eglinton Castle, the seat of the earls of Eglinton, built in 1798 in the English castellated style.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KI/KILWINNING.htm (246 words)

	EGLINTON, EARLS OF - Online Information article about EGLINTON, EARLS OF
		Margaret, daughter of the 3rd earl of Eglinton.
		Alexander, the loth earl (1723-1769), a son of the 9th earl, was one of the first of the Scottish landowners to carry out improvements on his estates.
		Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries, earls of Eglinton (1859).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EGLINTON_EARLS_OF.html (1159 words)

	ARDROSSAN - LoveToKnow Article on ARDROSSAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The rise of Ardrossan was due to the enterprise of Hugh, th earl of Eglinton, who began the construction of the present vn and harbour in 1806.
		Owing to the costliness the undertaking, and the death of the earl in 1819, the works re suspended after an outlay of fIOO,000, but his successor npleted the scheme on a reduced scale at an expense of another 20,000.
		The family of Ardrossan is now merged, by rriage, in that of the earl of Eglinton and Winton.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARDROSSAN.htm (1074 words)

	Clan MONTGOMERY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 2nd Earl remained a devout Catholic at the Reformation and fought on the side of Mary Queen of Scots at her final defeat at Langside in 1568.
		Ironically his daughter Lady Margaret married Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton, a loyal Covenantor in the wars of Charles I and it was their son, Alexander Seton who took the name Montgomerie who became the 6th Earl of Eglinton.
		The 9th Earl was one of the Privy Council of King William and later Queen Anne and during the rebellion of 1715 actively promoted the training of the fencible men of Ayrshire.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/montgom2.html (443 words)

	Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (29 August 1798 - 7 October 1877) was a British politician.
		He was born in Plymouth, Devon, on August 29 1798 to William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (April 1 1767 - January 19 1845) and his first wife, (April 13 1769 - March 24 1806).
		He was educated at Westminster School from 1809 - 1811, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 December 1815.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Edward_Granville_Eliot,_3rd_Earl_of_St_Germans (387 words)

	List of Earls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a list of present Earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
		The Earl of Selkirk (1646, presently disclaimed by the Lord Selkirk of Douglas)
		The Earl Brooke and of Warwick (1746, known as the Earl of Warwick)
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_earls.html (124 words)

	George Glazer Gallery - Eglinton Jousting Tournament
		The events of the medieval style jousting tournament celebrating the great age of chivalry at Eglinton Castle on August 30, 1839 are described and depicted in a series of eight lithographs.
		An Account of the Eglinton Tournament - 1839 (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1963), it was held by the Earl of Eglinton in protest of the disappearance of traditional ceremony.
		The Earl's stepfather, who had lost his job with the ascension of the Whig party, encouraged the Earl to hold the tournament at Ayrshire, his Gothic style country house.
	www.georgeglazer.com /archives/prints/genre/eglingtonjoust.html (620 words)

	ipedia.com: Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th earl of Eglinton, was born at Palermo.
		His father was Archibald, Lord Montgomerie, the eldest son of the 12th earl, and his mother was Mary, a daughter of the 11th...
		Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th earl of Eglinton (September 29, 1812 - October 4, 1861), was born at Palermo.
	www.ipedia.com /archibald_william_montgomerie__13th_earl_of_eglinton.html (464 words)

	Eaglesham.com - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1791 the Earl of Eglinton had a cotton mill constructed on the Orry to encourage industry to come to the village and to provide employment.
		It was in this decade that the connection between the Earls of Eglinton and Eaglesham was broken.
		The Tournament was an elaborate attempt at the recreation of a medieval Tournament, conceived on a grand scale by the Earl to prove that the age of chivalry was not dead.
	www.eaglesham.com /history3.htm (1965 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 2155
		William Crichton, 2nd Earl of Dumfries was the son of William Crichton, 1st Earl of Dumfries and Euphemia Seton.
		Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton was the son of Alexander Montgomerie, 8th Earl of Eglinton and Lady Elizabeth Crichton.
		Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton was the son of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton and Susanna Kennedy.
	www.thepeerage.com /p2155.htm (899 words)

	LocalHero
		In 1816 Charles married Mary Montgomerie, the widow of Archibald Lord Montgomerie, son of the 12th Earl of Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819).
		It is said that the grand folly of the Eglinton Tournament, held in August 1839, sprang directly from the disappointment of the so-called "penny coronation".
		Eglinton Castle was unroofed in 1925 and little of it remains today, but the restored bridge still crosses the Lugton in what has become Eglinton Country Park.
	www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk /Shorts/localhero.htm (723 words)

	Earls of Galloway
		Son of the third earl, he was born in January of 1660 and died, unmarried in 1694.
		She died on December of 1757 and was the daughter of Alexander Seton Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton.
		Alexander, the Fifth Earl of Galloway’s third son became the Sixth Earl of Galloway, because his two older brothers, James and George, did not survive their father.
	www.kentuckystewarts.com /Galloway/GallowayEarls.htm (2000 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Longbow used in 1839 tournament found gathering dust in attic
		The bow and arrows were used at the celebrated Eglinton Tournament held at the end of August 1839 by the 13th Earl of Eglinton in the grounds of his castle in Ayrshire.
		The Earl of Eglinton, egged on by his stepfather, who felt he had been done out of a job by the Whig government’s decision to remove ceremony from Queen Victoria’s coronation, decided to hold the tournament at his gothic castle.
		John Hamilton’s grandmother, Lilias, was a half-sister of Hugh, the 12th Earl of Eglinton, whose daughter was a lady of honour to the tournament’s "queen of beauty".
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=334812005 (583 words)

	Irvine Town Trail - Eglinton Country Park to Irvine via Dreghorn
		Eglinton Country Park has over 400 hectares of countryside and is popular with families for a day out.
		For those starting their walk from Eglinton there is a Car Park near the Visitors' Centre accessed via a small road (signposted 'Eglinton Country Park') situated between the A737 just north of the A78 and the large roundabout over the A78.
		In 1808 it was said that Eglinton was "...equalled by few places in Scotland: perhaps surpassed by none." If you cycle or walk quietly through the park you are likely to spot a variety of wildlife.
	www.ayrshirepaths.org.uk /irvinetrailecpto.htm (836 words)

	Historical perspective for Eglinton Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir John de Montgomerie, ninth of Eaglesham, married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Hugh de Eglinton, and through her acquired the baronies of Eglinton and Ardrossan, the former of which had been held by her ancestors from the 11th century.
		Nor was Hugh, twelfth earl (1740-1819), less distinguished for his magnificent and costly schemes to enrich the district of Cunningham, and advance the public weal of Scotland, by improving the harbour of Ardrossan, and cutting a canal to it from the city of Glasgow.
		Under his successor was held, in August 1839, a gorgeous pageant, the Eglinton Tournament, one of the actors in which was Prince Louis Napoleon, afterwards Emperor of the French, whilst the Queen of Beauty was Lady Seymour, a grand-daughter of Sheridan.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/features/featurehistory5162.html (849 words)

	V i s i t S a l t c o a t s . com - The Streets of Saltcoats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, in honour of the earl of Eglinton and his wife, who did much to improve the area, it was named 'Countess Street' The foundation stone of Saltcoats Tower House and Steeple was laid on 15th September 1825 by Alexander of Grange (Kerelaw).
		However, the official name of Hamilton Street was given by Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton, in compliment to Colonel Alexander Hamilton of Grange (Kerelaw) as a token of gratitude for financial aid tendered to the Earl in his gigantic enterprises in building Ardrossan harbour and much of the town of Ardrossan.
		In 1878, the street was officially renamed 'Vernon Street', this being in honour of the Earl of Eglinton's commissioner, Greville Richard Vernon.
	www.visitsaltcoats.com /streets.html (1803 words)

	EGLINTON RIVER - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The Eglinton River rises on the south-east side of the main divide between Lake Wakatipu and Milford Sound and flows south for 35 miles to the eastern shores of Lake Te Anau.
		The Earl and Livingstone mountains border the valley on the west and east sides respectively and are composed of hard granites and volcanic rocks of late Paleozoic age.
		The Eglinton River, Mt. Eglinton, and Earl Mountains were named by the explorersurveyor, James McKerrow after the Earl of Eglinton.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/E/EglintonRiver/en (430 words)

	Jonathan Swift - "FRAGMENT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
		The Earl of Eglinton married another co-heiress of the same family.
		The Earl, who was a weak man, came down to Moor Park by his Majesty's orders to have Sir William Temple's advice, who said much to show him the mistake.
		But another person had so far insinuated himself into the Earl's favour, by telling him that the post of secretary was not proper for a clergyman, nor would be of any advantage to one who aimed only at church preferments, that his lordship after a poor apology gave that office to the other.
	www.jaffebros.com /lee/gulliver/biography/autobio.html (2689 words)

	City of Toronto: Parks and Recreation - Eglinton Flats Park Additional Information
		Interestingly, this road has an association with sports and contests since it was named after Archibald, the 13th Earl of Eglinton, who held a mock medieval tournament at his castle in France during August 1839.
		The land at Eglinton Flats was owned by the Scarlett family during the mid-1800's and later used extensively for market gardens until Hurricane Hazel devastated the area in 1954.
		Eglinton Flats regional sports facility covers three corners of the Jane Street and Eglinton Avenue West intersections.
	www.city.toronto.on.ca /parks/parks_gardens/eglintonflats2.htm (279 words)

	Clan Cunningham Society of America
		Regardless of the truth of this accusation, it is a fact that the Earl of Glencairn did rise against Mary Queen of Scots, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Carbery Hill which resulted in Mary's surrender in 1567.
		John, the tenth Earl of Glencairn was a supporter of the Protestant William and Mary who replaced the Catholic King James VII in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
		A reason for this may have been that the Earl of Eglinton was a Roman Catholic and the Earl of Glencairn was suspected of heresy and, indeed, of being in league with Henry VIII, who was trying to gain domination of Scotland.
	www.clancunningham.us /index.jsp?nav_id=6 (1938 words)

	Montgomery's Highlanders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archibald Montgomerie, son of the Earl of Eglinton, to whom, when major, letters of service were issued for recruiting it.
		Being popular among the Highlanders, Major Montgomerie soon raised the requisite body of men, who were formed into a regiment of thirteen companies of 105 rank and file each; making in all 1460 effective men, including 65 sergeants, and 30 pipers and drummers.
		Archibald Montgomerie, afterwards Earl of Eglinton, died a general in the army, and colonel of the Scots Greys, in 1796.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/scotreg/montgomery.htm (1517 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 2150
		Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Eglinton was the son of Alexander Montgomery, 2nd Lord Montgomerie and Catherine Kennedy.
		She married Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Eglinton, son of Alexander Montgomery, 2nd Lord Montgomerie and Catherine Kennedy, on 21 April 1478.
		Archibald Montgomerie, Master of Eglinton was the son of John Montgomery, Master of Eglinton and Elizabeth Edmonstone.
	www.thepeerage.com /p2150.htm (383 words)

	Obituaries 1967 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was proud of the family association with the Craft, proud of his father the 16th Earl who had been Grand Master Mason in 1920, and proud of his ancestor the lOth Earl who held the same exalted office in 1750.
		Brother Lord Eglinton was very much a family man, and it was always a great joy to him when his fainlly were all at home at Monkwood, near Ayr, perhaps sharing in his pleasure of fishing or stallntg, or in the evenings challenging them, with his gifted abilities, in a game of bridge or piquet.
		The Grand Lodge of Scotland is deeply indebted to Lady Eglinton for the unfailing support she gave to her husband in the discharge of his masonic duties and in particular for the charming manner she addreseed the assembled company at the official opening of Randolph Hill in 1958.
	www.grandlodgescotland.com /glos/GL/Obituaries/1967.html (1780 words)

	Clan Montgomery
		The 7th Earl of Eaglesham distinguished himself at the battle of Otterburn, in 1388 by capturing the famous Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed ‘Hotspur’.
		The 7th Earl’s grandson added to the clan’s status by becoming the 1st Lord Montgomerie in 1445 and by becoming a member of the King’s Council.
		The 2nd Earl was a devout catholic and fought with Mary, Queen of Scots.
	www.clansearch.co.uk /clans/Montgomery.htm (484 words)

	Town Trail 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was known by this name as at that period the Earl of Eglinton had nets hung on the islet to catch fish with the ebbing and flowing of the tide
		This is Bath Villa built in 1807, along with another, since demolished, was formerly a hydropathic bathing facility built by the Earl of Eglinton where hot and cold water, fresh and salt bathing was provided.
		Earl of Eglinton chose to build his summer residence The Pavilion.
	www.johnsteele.free-online.co.uk /trail3.htm (1037 words)

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