Hugh Archibald William Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton, 7th Earl of Winton (born 24 July 1966) is a Scottish peer, landowner, businessman,

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, and chief of

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. From birth until 2018, he was known by the

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of Lord Montgomerie. Born in

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, the eldest of the four sons of Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton, and his wife Marion Carolina Dunn-Yarker, Montgomerie was educated at

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and served as an officer of the

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from 1988 to 1993, after which he became a shipping operations manager.''

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'', online edition, accessed 3 September 2022 Having been a Sub-Lieutenant in the navy, in February 1994 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Intelligence Corps of the Territorial Army. In April 2000, he transferred to the

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Coat of arms of the Earl of Eglinton and Winton

In the late 1990s, he attended the

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, graduating

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in 1999. From 2004 to 2020 he was an executive of

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, based in

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. On 14 June, 2018 Montgomerie succeeded his father as

Earl of Eglinton Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by James IV of Scotland in 1507 for Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Lord Montgomerie. In 1859, the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winto ...

(1507),

Earl of Winton The title Earl of Winton was created in the Peerage of Scotland and later in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by the Earl of Eglinton. The title was first bestowed upon Robert Seton, 8th Lord Seton. His descendants held it ...

(1859), Lord Montgomerie (1445), and Baron Ardrossan (1806). At the time of his father’s death, the family seat was at Balhomie House, near Cargill,

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, but this was sold in 2019. As well as serving as Sheriff of Renfrewshire, he is chief of

. The first of the name in Scotland was Robert of Montgomerie, who was granted the estate of

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in Renfrewshire in the reign of

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(1124–1153). His father had held the Castle of

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near

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in Normandy and had come into England with

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. Eglinton has been a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs since 2018 and is also the chairman of the Society of Scottish Armigers.Welcome to the Society of Scottish Armigers
scotarmigers.net, accessed 6 November 2022 On 19 December 1991, Montgomerie married firstly Sara Alexandra Redpath. They were divorced in 1998. On 28 July 2001 he married secondly Carol Anne Robinson and with her has three children: *Lady Helena Montgomerie (born 2003) *Lady Beatrice Montgomerie (born 2005) *Rhuridh Seton Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie (born 2007). In 2020, after leaving Dell, Eglinton settled at

Moffat Moffat is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire. Part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland, it lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town. Moffat is arou ...

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...

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