• General Notes

  REFN: 6418AN
  Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton, so created between 3 and 20 Jan
  1506/ 7, PC; fought against James III Battle of Sauchieburn 1488 on behalf
  of the r ebellious Prince James, who as a result became James IV and
  granted the Earl in 1488 the Island of Arran for life, also custody of
  Brodick Castle; Constab le of Rothesay Castle 1489, Bailie and Justiciary
  of Bute 1489 and Cunningham 1499 (the latter formerly held by his
  grandfather); this caused a feud with the Cunninghams of Glencairn during
  which Eglinton Castle was burnt by the Ma ster of Glencairn. [Burke's
  Peerage]

Details of Hugh's family with Helen Campbell