There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Montgomery, one in the
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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, one in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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and two in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2011.
The Montgomery baronetcy, of Skelmorly, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in January 1628 for Robert Montgomery. The sixth Baronet was one of the original
. The title became dormant on his death in 1735.
The Montgomery baronetcy, of Magbie Hill in the County of Peebles, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 May 1774 for William Montgomery. The second Baronet represented
Peeblesshire in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1831.
The Montgomery baronetcy, of Stanhope in the County of Peebles, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 July 1801 for the Scottish lawyer and politician
James Montgomery. The second Baronet represented Peeblesshire in Parliament. The third Baronet represented both Peebles and
Peebles and Selkirk in Parliament. He assumed the additional surname of Graham. The seventh Baronet was
Lord-Lieutenant of Kinross-shire. He assumed the surname of Purvis-Russell-Montgomery in 1906 and Purvis-Russell-Hamilton-Montgomery in 1933. The eighth and ninth Baronet have used the surname Montgomery only. The ninth Baronet was
Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.
The Montgomery baronetcy, of The Hall in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 October 1808 for
Conyngham Montgomery,
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Mitchell,
Donegal and
Yarmouth. The second Baronet was sworn of the
Privy Council in 1876. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1939.
Montgomery baronets, of Skelmorly (1628)
*Sir Robert Montgomery, 1st Baronet (died 1651)
*Sir Robert Montgomery, 2nd Baronet (died 1654)
*Sir Robert Montgomery, 3rd Baronet (died 1684)
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Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet
Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet (or Montgomerie, died 1694) was the tenth laird of Skelmorlie. He was a Scottish politician known for the Montgomery Plot, a Jacobite scheme to restore King James VII and II to the thrones of Scotland and Englan ...
(died 1694)
*Sir Robert Montgomery, 5th Baronet (died 1731)
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Sir Hugh Montgomery, 6th Baronet (–1735)
Montgomery baronets, of Magbie Hill (1774)
*Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet (1717–1788)
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Sir George Montgomery, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Montgomery, 2nd Baronet (1765 – 10 July 1831) was a British Army officer and Tory politician of Scottish and Anglo-Irish descent.
Biography
Montgomery was the son of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet by his second wife, Anne Evatt. ...
(1765–1831)
Montgomery, later Graham-Montgomery, later Purvis-Russell-Montgomery, later Montgomery baronets, of Stanhope (1801)
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Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet
Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet Stanhope, FRSE (1721 – 2 April 1803) was a Scottish advocate, judge, country landowner, agriculturalist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1775. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the ...
(1721–1803)
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Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Baronet Stanhope, FRSE (9 October 1766 – 27 May 1839) was a Scottish politician and lawyer who served as Lord Advocate of Scotland 1804 to 1806.
Life
James Montgomery was born in Peebleshire on 9 October 1766, the ...
(1766–1839)
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Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet, (9 July 1823 – 2 June 1901) was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons.
Life
Graham-Montgomery entered the House of Commons in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and he ...
(1823–1901)
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Sir James Graham-Montgomery, 4th Baronet (1850–1902)
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Sir Basil Templer Graham-Montgomery, 5th Baronet (1852–1928)
*The Reverend
Sir Charles Percy Graham-Montgomery, 6th Baronet (6 September 1855 – 1 April 1930).
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(1859–1947)
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Sir Basil Purvis-Russell-Montgomery, 8th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
(1884–1964)
**Lt.-Col. Henry Keith Purvis-Russell-Montgomery (1896–1954), 2nd and youngest son of the 7th Baronet
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Sir Basil Henry David Montgomery, 9th Baronet (born 1931), only son of Lt.-Col. Henry Purvis-Russell-Montgomery
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
to the baronetcy is James David Keith Montgomery (born 1957), eldest son of the 9th Baronet.
The heir apparent to the heir apparent is his only son, Edward Henry James Montgomery (born 1986).
Montgomery baronets, of The Hall (1808)
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Sir (Henry) Conyngham Montgomery, 1st Baronet (1765–1830)
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Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 2nd Baronet, PC (1803–1878) was a British administrator in India.
Biography
Montgomery was the eldest son of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery (d 1830). The father served in India for many years as a cavalry off ...
(1803–1878)
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Admiral Sir Alexander Leslie Montgomery, 3rd Baronet (1807–1888)
*Sir Hugh Conyngham Gaston Montgomery, 4th Baronet (1847–1915)
*Sir Alexander Cecil Montgomery, 5th Baronet (1859–1939)
See also
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Montgomery-Cuninghame baronets
The baronetcy of Cuninghame of Corsehill was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and conferred upon Alexander Cuninghame of Corsehill, a Scottish baron and landowner in Dumfriesshire and a great-great-great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Glen ...
References
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Dormant baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom