General Notes

(Research):While it is not yet proven 100% what ancestry th
is Hugh Montgomery has, the following is the history as kno
wn for all Montgomery's who first stepped foot in Ireland f
rom Scotland.
From "The History of the Scottish Clans" pages 182 and 183
, found in Princeton, Ky. library:
" MONTGOMERY, the surname of the noble family of Eglinton
, which traces its descent from Roger de
Mundegumbrie, Viscount de Hiesmes, son of Hugh de Mundegumb
rie and Joceline de Beaumont, niece of Gonnora, wife of Ric
hard, duke of Normandy, great-grandmother of William the Co
nqueror. Roger de Mundegumbrie, thus nearly allied to the r
uling house of Normandy, after having obtained great distin
ction under the Norman banner in France, accompanied his ki
nsman, William the Conqueror, into England, and commanded t
he van of the invading army at the decisive battle of Hasti
ngs in 1066. In reward of his bravery he was, by the Conque
ror, created earl of Chichester and Arundel, and soon afte
r of Shrewsbury. He also received from him large grants o
f land, becoming, in a short time, lord of no fewer than fi
fty-seven lordships throughout England, with extensive poss
essions in Salop.
Having made a hostile incursion into Wales, he took the cas
tle of Baldwin, and gave it his own name of Montgomery, a n
ame which both the town in its vicinity and the entire coun
ty in which it stands have permanently retained. It is no
t known whence the name was derived. Eustace, in his 'Class
ical Tour,' Vol. i. p. 298, mentions a lofty hill, called M
onte Gomero, not far from Loretto; and in the old ballad o
f 'Chevy Chase,' the name is given as Mongon-byrry.
The first of the name in Scotland was Robert de Montgomery
, supposed to have been a grandson of Earl Roger. When Walt
er, the son of Alan, the first high steward of Scotland, wh
ose castle of Oswestry was in the vicinity of Shrewsbury, c
ame to Scotland to take possession of several grants of lan
d which had been conferred upon him by David I., Robert d
e Montgomery was one of the barons who accompanied him fro
m Wales, and received from him the Manor of Eglisham, in th
e county of Renfrew. This was for two centuries the chief p
ossession of the Scottish section of the Montgomeries, an
d still remains their property undiminished as at first. Ro
bert de Montgomery is a witness to the foundation charter o
f Walter, the high steward, to the monastery of Paisley i
n 1160, and to other charters between that year and 1175. H
e died about 1177.
In the Ragman Roll appear the names, of John de Montgomery
, and his brother Murthaw, as among the barons who swore fe
alty to Edward I. in 1296. The former is designated of th
e county of Lanark, which then comprehended the county of R
enfrew. The latter was the reputed ancestor of the Montgome
ries of Thornton. Sir John Montgomery, the seventh baron o
f Eaglesham, one of the heroes of the battle of Otterburn
, married Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Si
r Hugh de Eglinton, justiciary of Lothian, and niece of Rob
ert II., and obtained with her the baronies of Eglinton an
d Ardrossan. He was, the ancestor of the earls of Eglinton
, as mentioned under that title, where the lineage of tha
t noble family has already given, (see Vol. ii. page 119)
. A baronetcy of the United Kingdom was possessed by famil
y of Montgomery of Macbeth Hill, or Magbie Hill, Peebles-sh
ire, descended from Troilus Montgomery, son of Adam Montgom
ery of Giffen, a cadet of the Eglinton family lining in th
e reigns of James V., and Mary queen of Scots. It conferred
, 28th May, 1774, on William Montgomery of Magbie Hill, bu
t expired on the death of his son, Sir George Montgomery, s
econd baronet, 9th July 1831.
Sir William's brother, Sir James Montgomery, of Stanhope, P
eebles-shire, an eminent lawyer, was also created a baronet
. Born at Magbie Hill, in 1721, be was educated for the Sco
ttish bar, and attained to consider