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Mount Alexander, Earl of (I, 1661 - 1757)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Jul 1661

Extinct: 7 Apr 1757

Family name: Montgomery

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Azure three Fleur-de-lis Or (Montgomery);  2nd and 3rd, Gules three Annulets Or gemmed Azure (Eglinton), all within a Bordure Or charged with a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules, on an Escutcheon of the last a Sword and Sceptre in saltire proper

Crest:

On a Cap of Maintenance a Dexter Gauntlet erect holding a Dagger all proper

Supporters:

Dexter: A Wyvern Vert gorged with a Viscount's Coronet Or;  Sinister: An Angel vested Azure girded crined and winged Or having over the shoulder a Belt Gules pendent therefrom a Sword Argent Pommel and Hilt Gold

Motto:

 Honneur Sans Repos

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Hugh [Montgomery], 3rd Viscount Montgomery later 1st Earl of Mount Alexander, PC

son and heir of Hugh [Montgomery], 2nd Viscount Montgomery, by his wife Lady Jean Alexander, 1st dau. of William [Alexander], 1st Earl of Stirling

born

c. 1625

mar. (1)

Dec 1648 Hon Mary Moore (b. 1631;  d. 16 Jun 1655;  bur. in St Peter's, Drogheda), sister of Henry [Moore], 1st Earl of Drogheda, and 1st dau. of Charles [Moore], 2nd Viscount Moore, by his wife Hon Alice Loftus, yst. dau. of Adam [Loftus], 1st Viscount Loftus

children by first wife

1. Hon Hugh Montgomery, later 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander

2. Hon Henry Montgomery, later 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander

mar. (2)

after 20 Oct 1660/1 Hon Catherine Parsons (widow of Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt., of Bellomont;  d. 8 Oct 1675;  bur. in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin), 1st dau. of Arthur [Jones], 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, by his wife Lady Catherine Boyle, 5th dau. by his second wife of Richard [Boyle], 1st Earl of Cork

children by second wife

1. Lady Catharine Montgomery (b. c. 1663; d. 6 Jan 1692), mar. c 1685 as his first wife Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt., of Castle Hamilton, co. Cavan

2. Lady Elizabeth Montgomery, mar. Raphael Hunt, of Dollardstown

died

15 Sep 1663 (bur. at Newtown, co. Down)

created

28 Jul 1661 Earl of Mount Alexander

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Newtownards 1639-41;  Col of a regiment 1642;  President of the Council of War for Co. Antrim 1645;  taken prisoner by the rebels after the Battle of Benburb 1646;  Commander-in-Chief of the King's forces in Ulster 1649;  excepted from pardon by Cromwell 1652;  Master-General of the Irish Ordnance 1660-63;  Governor of Cos. Londonderry, Tyrone, Donegal, Fermanagh and Cavan 1660;  Privy Councillor [I] 1660;  Custos Rotulorum of co. Down and commissioner to execute the Declaration of Breda 1660/1

Hugh [Montgomery], 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander, PC

born

24 Feb 1650/1

mar. (1)

1672 Lady Catherine Dillon (dsp. 26 Jan 1674; bur. in St Michan's Church, Dublin), 1st dau. of Cary [Dillon], 5th Earl of Roscommon, by his wife Catherine Werden, dau. of John Werden

mar. (2)

Hon Eleanor Berkeley, dau. and cohrss. of Maurice [Berkeley], 3rd Viscount FitzHardinge, by his wife Anne Lee, dau. of Sir Henry Lee, 1st Bt., of Quarendon

died

s.p.s. 12 Feb 1716/7 (bur. at Newtown, co. Down)

suc. by

brother

note

Capt of Horse 1674; Governor of Charlemont 1683; Privy Councillor [I] 1684/5, 1693 and 1702; leader of the Irish Protestant forces in co. Down and co. Antrim 1688/9; Master of the Irish Ordnance 1698-1705; Brig General; Commissioner of the Great Seal of Ireland 1701; one of the Chief Governors (Lord Justice) of Ireland 1702-04

Henry [Montgomery], 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander, PC

born

c. 1652

mar.

1672 Hon Mary St Lawrence (d. 26 Aug 1705), dau. of William [St Lawrence], 12th Baron Howth, by his wife and cousin Hon Elizabeth Fitzwilliam, widow of Col ..... Fitzwilliam and 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Nicholas [St Lawrence], 10th Baron Howth

children

1. Hon Hugh Montgomery, later 4th Earl of Mount Alexander

2. Hon Thomas Montgomery, later 5th Earl of Mount Alexander

died

22 Oct 1731 (bur. at Newtown, co. Down)

suc. by

son

note

Privy Councillor [I] bef. 1711

Hugh [Montgomery], 4th Earl of Mount Alexander

born

mar.

1703 Elinor Barnewall (d. Dec 1746), dau. of Sir Patrick Barnewall, 3rd Bt., of Crickstown, co. Meath, by his wife Frances Butler, dau. of Richard Butler, of Kilcash

died

s.p. 27 Feb 1744/5 (bur. at Howth)

suc. by

brother

Thomas [Montgomery], 5th Earl of Mount Alexander

born

mar.

after 25 May 1725 Marie Angélique Madeleine de la Cherois (mar. (2) 5 Oct 1759 Richard Mounteney, Second Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer (d. 7 Apr 1768); d. 14 Aug 1771), dau. of Daniel de la Cherois, of Lisbon, Portugal, by his wife Anne Crommelin, dau. of Louis Crommelin

died

s.p. 7 Apr 1757

note

Sheriff of co. Down 1726

On the death of the 5th Earl of Mount Alexander the Earldom of Mount Alexander became extinct.

 First written 13 Oct 2007

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