Earl of Mount Alexander was a title in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

. It was created in 1661 for Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery. He was the grandson of Hugh Montgomery, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster Scots, who was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Montgomery, of the Great Ardes, in 1622. The second Earl lost the

Break of Dromore The Break of Dromore took place on 14 March 1689 near Dromore, County Down in the early stages of the Williamite War in Ireland. It featured Catholic Jacobite troops under Richard Hamilton and Protestant Williamite militia led by Hugh Mon ...

skirmish in 1689, but supported the winning side in the

Williamite War The Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691; ga, Cogadh an Dá Rí, "war of the two kings"), was a conflict between Jacobite supporters of deposed monarch James II and Williamite supporters of his successor, William III. It is also called th ...

. The fourth Earl represented Antrim Borough in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

. The titles became extinct on the death of the fifth Earl in 1757.

Viscounts Montgomery (1622)

Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery Sir Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards (c. 1560 – 15 May 1636) was an aristocrat and a soldier, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with Sir James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Montgomery ...

(1560–1636) *

Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards, (1597–1642) was an Irish aristocrat who supported the Royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Biography Montgomery was born in 1597 son of Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgo ...

(1616–1642) * Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery (–1663) (created Earl of Mount Alexander in 1661)

Earls of Mount Alexander (1661)

Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander (c. 1623 – 15 September 1663), known as The Viscount Montgomery from 1642 to 1661, was an Irish peer. He was appointed to command his father's regiment in 1642. He was commander-in-chief of the Royalis ...

(–1663) *

Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander (24 February 1651 – 12 February 1717) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer. Montgomery was the son of Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander and his first wife, Mary, daughter of Charles Moore, ...

(1651–1717) *Henry Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander (–1731) *

Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Mount Alexander Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Mount Alexander (c. 1680 – 27 February 1745), styled Viscount Montgomery between 1717 and 1731, was an Irish landowner and politician. Montgomery was the son of Henry Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander, by the H ...

(died 1745) *Thomas Montgomery, 5th Earl of Mount Alexander (died 1757)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Alexander Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1661