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	James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Graham was the chief of Clan Graham.
		Graham was fighting in support of King Charles I. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is victorious at the Battle of Aberdeen on 13th September 1644.
		James Graham, 1st Marquees of Montrose was defeated when he led an army of German and Danish soldiers at the Battle of Carbisdale (1650).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose (1978 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Graham Duke of Montrose and Graham of Gartmore
		James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is victorious at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645).
		James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose who initially supported the Covenanters later became a Royalist in the Scottish Civil War and English Civil War, and while in prison in 1641, the castle was sacked by Lord Sinclair.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Graham,-1st-Marquess-of-Montrose (4520 words)

	Graham, Montrose, Claverhouse - Scottish Clans of Perthshire
		Graham, Montrose, Claverhouse - Scottish Clans of Perthshire
		James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, rose in rebellion in support of Charles I. This was an attempt by Montrose to grab power in Scotland for Charles while the Scottish army was in England fighting in the English Civil War in support of the Parliamentary forces.
		John Graham, Viscount of Claverhouse, 'Bonnie Dundee, was commander of the Jacobite army at the Battle of Killiecrankie (near Pitlochry) in 1689.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /clans-graham.htm (266 words)

	Poet: James Graham Marquis of Montrose - All poems of James Graham Marquis of Montrose
		Poet: James Graham Marquis of Montrose - All poems of James Graham Marquis of Montrose
		Free Poetry E-Book: 3 poems of JamesGraham Marquis of Montrose
		James Graham inherited the earldom of Montrose from his father in 1626.
	www.poemhunter.com /james-graham-marquis-of-montrose/poet-38974 (290 words)

	James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650), was born in 1612, and became 5th earl of Montrose by his fathers death in 1626.
		Montrose, on the other hand, wished to bring the kings authority to bear upon parliament to defeat this object, and offered him the support of a great number of nobles.
		In June 1649, burning to revenge the death of the king, he was restored by the exile Charles II to the now nominal lieutenancy of Scotland.
	www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/ja/james_graham__marquis_of_montrose.html (1155 words)

	Campaigns of the Marquis of Montrose, 1644-5
		Montrose rallied support from clans who were enemies to the Campbells and struck deep into their territory, burning villages and plundering farmsteads around the Campbell stronghold of Inverary Castle.
		For Montrose, however, the victory was soured by the death of Lord Gordon, killed by a stray bullet during the rout of the Covenanters.
		Montrose had a small force of 700 Irish infantry and 200 horse when he learned that Lieutenant-General David Leslie with 4,000 Covenanter cavalry had crossed the border and was hurrying to cut him off.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1644-5-montrose-scotland.htm (2055 words)

	Ardvreck Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most well known historical tale concerning the castle is that on April 30th 1650 James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, was captured and held at the castle before being transported to Edinburgh for trial and execution.
		Montrose was a Royalist, fighting on the side of Charles I against the Covenanters.
		Montrose was taken to Edinburgh, where he was executed on 21 May 1650, using the traditional method for traitors: hanging, drawing and quartering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ardvreck_Castle (710 words)

	Clan Donald - Selected Historical Articles
		Montrose was fighting for the royal cause against the Covenanters, who ruled Scotland, with the Earl of Argyll, later Marquis, supporting the Covenanters.
		Montrose had traveled thirty miles in the depth of winter, across the most roughest of terrain's, in less that two days, and now his army had to fight a rested army twice their number.
		Montrose placed the Irish Macdonalds on his left and right wing under Alasdair Macdonald, and O'Cahan, whilst he himself led the center which was composed Clan Donald's, Glencoe, Clanranald and Glengarrys men, with men from Atholl, the Stewarts of Appin, and Clan Cameron.
	www.highlandconnection.org /clandonaldhistory.html (2305 words)

	Angus Council \| Local History \| People of Angus \| The Marquis of Montrose
		Marquis of Montrose, was born in October 1612, a long-awaited son and heir for the wealthy Graham family.
		Montrose realised that the devious Archibald Campbell, 8
		Montrose was to be hung and quartered, his head and limbs to be separately displayed: the fate not of a nobleman, but a common criminal.
	www.angus.gov.uk /history/features/people/marquismont.htm (867 words)

	James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, 1612-50
		Montrose was defeated at the battle of Carbisdale by Colonel Strachan in April 1650.
		Montrose's head was fixed on a spike at the Tolbooth in Edinburgh, his legs and arms were fixed to the gates of Stirling, Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen.
		Montrose's son James was confirmed in the inheritance of the Montrose titles.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/montrose.htm (1397 words)

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		Montrose The Scottish Campaign of James Graham the Marquess of Montrose By Geoff Geddes This is the first part of a major article aimed at simulating the entire campaign using SPI's "Musket and Pike".
		Montrose's Scottish Macdonalds were the hereditary enemies of the Duke of Argle's Campbells and the campaign took on an aspect of Clan warfare.
		Montrose, believing Leslie to be miles away, had spent the night in the nearby town of Selkirk, and by the time he arrived the battle had begun.
	grognard.com /zines/ph/p0603.html (1651 words)

	Dr Wishart's Book
		IX — Montrose takes the town of Elgin; is attacked by Colonel Urry, whom he puts to flight; offers battle to Baillie and Urry; deserted by Lewis Gordon and most of that clan; obliged on that account to retire north; in his way he seizes Dundee; makes a safe retreat before the covenanters' army,.
		XVI — Montrose marches to Selkirk, where, by the negligence of his scouts, he is surprised by General Lesly; is overpowered and surrounded; but cuts his way through the enemy with a few of his friends, and retires into Athole to levy men,.
		IV — The king's commission to the Marquis of Montrose to be lieutenant-govenor and general of all his majesty's forces in Scotland,.
	www.wishart.org /montrose.html (1918 words)

	Famous Scots - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612-50)
		Graham was brought up at Kincardine Castle and succeeded his father as 5th earl of Montrose, November 14, 1626.
		Montrose obtained a commission as Lieutenant-general in Scotland from the king at Oxford, passed back into Scotland in disguise and raised the dis-affected and largely Catholic clans of the Highlands, plus some Irish soldiers, on behalf of the king.
		Montrose had arrived late for the battle, when it was already lost, but had to be dissuaded from entering the fray by his companions.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfammontrose.htm (543 words)

	Tour Scotland, Perthshire and Dunkeld.
		It was the Marquis of Graham, later, Duke of Montrose who moved the motion in parliament to repeal the Act of Proscription of the Highland Dress passed in 1782.
		The 3rd Lord Graham was created Earl of Montrose by James IV and fell at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
		It was due to the efforts of the Marquis of Graham that the 1747 Act prohibiting or proscription of wearing tartan was repealed in 1782.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /clan-graham-tours.htm (616 words)

	Montrose, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Montrose Area Map Shows where Montrose is in relation to Buffalo, the Twin Cities, and St. Cloud.
		Montrose City Map Closeup view of the city of Montrose, Minnesota.
		Montrose Downtown Association of business owners fostering an active and economically viable business, civic and cultural center in the historic core of the Montrose community.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Montrose,_Scotland.html (466 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Scotland - Montrose in retreat from vandal horde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		James Graham, the 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Montrose, was born in October, 1612, and brought up at Kincardine Castle, before being educated at St Andrews University.
		In 1650, Montrose was betrayed by MacLeod of Assynt for the massive sum of £25,000, and was taken to Edinburgh, where he was sentenced to death by the Scottish parliament and, without trial, was hanged and disembowelled.
		THE Marquis of Montrose was one of the most educated men of his time and was particularly skilled at mathematics.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=710022003 (1184 words)

	Angus Council \| Local History \| Features \| The Royal Burgh of Montrose
		Montrose was founded about 1140 by King David I as a burgh and port serving Angus and Mearns.
		Montrose had a slope on the west to the Basin and seems to have had a fosse or deep ditch on the northern boundary.
		Montrose still has a well preserved line of old walls on the west side of the burgh.
	www.angus.gov.uk /history/features/rbmontr.htm (1068 words)

	Tours of Scotland my native homeland.
		June 11, 1488 Sauchieburn James III was defeated in battle against a force of rebellious nobles, who had rallied the support of his son.
		A royalist force led by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, defeated an army of Covenanters led by Campbell of Glenlyon.
		The Marquis of Montrose secureda victory for the royalists against an army led by Sir John Hurry.
	www.fife.50megs.com /important-battles.htm (692 words)

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		James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose, the King's Lieutenant-Governor in Scotland, raised his standard at Blair Atholl to begin his campaign in the name of the King against the Covenanters.
		Montrose sent out the Master of Madertie under the flag of truce to parley, and ask for a postponement so they did not fight on the Sabbath.
		Kilpont was a Graham and a relation of the Marquis.
	www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk /ecivil/tippermuir.htm (665 words)

	James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		By now Montrose had come to view Archibald Campbell, the 1st Marquess of Argyll, and the main force behind the Presbyterian Covenanters, as a larger threat to his own view of the way Scotland should be governed than the King.
		So although Montrose fought for the Scots against the King in the Second Bishops' War he was afterwards arrested for conspiracy against Argyll and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle in June 1641.
		Montrose was taken to Edinburgh, where he was executed on 21 May 1650.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/biographies/jamesgrahammontrose.html (925 words)

	Scottish Towns - Aberuthven - Marquis of Montrose
		Montrose, as an elder of the church, was a member of the General Assembly and was there when it met in St. Mungo's Cathedral in 1638.
		Montrose rallied a hundred horsemen and led them in a mad charge which was repeated again and again but each time the Royalists were decimated by superior forces.
		Montrose was hanged and disembowelled at the Mercat Cross and as one eye witness put it, he was dressed more like a bridegroom than a convicted criminal.
	www.scottish-towns.co.uk /perthshire/aberuthven/history.html (1580 words)

	James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He was educated at theUniversity of St Andrews, and at the age of seventeen married Magdalene Carnegie, daughter of Lord Carnegie (afterwards Earl of Southesk).
		In July 1639, after the signature of the Treaty of Berwick, Montrose was one of the Covenanting leaders who visited the defeated Charles.
		Highlanders had never before been known to combine together, but Montrose knew that most of the clans, who were largely Catholic, detested Argyll and his Campbell clansmen, none more so than the MacDonalds who with many of the other clans rallied to his summons.
	q-basic.xodox.de /James_Graham%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose (1366 words)

	Overview of James Graham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Marquis of Montrose, during the seventeenth century British Civil Wars and to help people better understand the major impact that these events had on Scottish history and in the shaping of Scotland’s place in the world..
		Marquis of Montrose Society decided to take action directly with schools by encouraging them to become actively involved in projects concerning the remarkable times of the British Civil Wars.
		Montrose’s words were used directly by Montgomery to motivate all allied troops in 1944 immediately before the D-Day landings in mainland Europe..
	www.montrose-society.org.uk /schools.HTM (565 words)

	Graham Clan, History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sir John Graham of Dandaff was the right-hand man of the great Sir William Wallace, and died fighting the English for the control of his homeland in the Battle of Falkirk in 1298.
		James Graham was created Marquis of Montrose in 1644, and James, 4th Marquis, was raised to the Dukedom of Montrose in 1707.
		Montrose, commanding a small force, having defeated seven Covenant armies during 1644 to 1645, briefly reconquered Scotland for the King.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /graham_clan/scottish_clans_history.html (662 words)

	Mugdock Castle - Castle Quest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mugdock was a Graham property from the early 13th century.
		Montrose went on to conduct a remarkable campaign against the Covenanters in 1644-45.
		The family was forfeited, and Mugdock gained by Montrose’s greatest enemy, the Campbell Marquis of Argyll.
	www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum7/HTML/000280.html (829 words)

	Glasgow and Dunbartonshire in the Scottish Civil War
		James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, had his ancient family seat at Mugdock Castle near Milngavie.
		Montrose raised the royal standard on the Braes of Atholl above the River Tilt on the 28th August 1644, gathering together an army of Highlanders, Irish and a few Lowland royalist lairds.
		One of the outcomes of this victory was that Rev. James Wood, the Kilpatrick minister, was hauled in front of Dumbarton Presbytery and deposed of his duties.
	www.templum.freeserve.co.uk /history/civilwars/scottish_civil_war.htm (594 words)

	James Graham - 5th earl and 1st marquis of Montrose (1612-1650). His tomb is in St Giles High Kirk - Edinburgh.
		James Graham - 5th earl and 1st marquis of Montrose (1612-1650).
		James Graham, 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Montrose, 1612-50.
		An active covenanter (163 8-40), Montrose later rallied to Charles I's cause in the CIVIL WARS and led highland and Irish troops in the CIVIL WARS and led Highland and Irish troops in a series of spectacular victories before being defeated by David Leslie at Philliphaugh.
	www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk /montrose.htm (111 words)

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