A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
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37(5<br />
OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES.<br />
Robert Lord Sempill ; which Hugh, fourth Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, was succeeded by<br />
his son, Hugh Montgomery, fifth Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, who died without any<br />
issue, anno 1612, and settled his estate, by virtue <strong>of</strong> an entail, upon his cousingerman,<br />
Alexander Seaton, son <strong>of</strong> Robert, first Earl <strong>of</strong> Winton, and his lady<br />
Margaret Montgomery, aunt <strong>of</strong> the last Earl ; which Alexander accordingly succeeded<br />
to the estate, but could not enjoy the title <strong>of</strong> Earl till his Majesty was<br />
pleased to confer it upon him for the great merits <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Seaton ; and was<br />
obliged by the late Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton's destination, to assume the name and arms<br />
<strong>of</strong> Montgomery ; which he accordingly did, and marshalled his arms first, as.<br />
painted on- the house <strong>of</strong> Seaton, thus, quarterly, first and fourth azure, three<br />
riower-de-luces or, for Montgomery; second and third gules, three annulets or,<br />
stoned azure, for Eglinton, and over all, by way <strong>of</strong> surtout, an escutcheon <strong>of</strong> the<br />
paternal arms <strong>of</strong> Seaton ; which surtout was afterwards disused ; and since, the<br />
Earls have been in use to carry Montgomery and Eglinton quarterly, within a<br />
bordure or, charged within a double tressure counter-flowered gules ; crest, a gentlewoman,<br />
or the picture <strong>of</strong> hope, dressed in an ancient rich apparel azure, holding in<br />
tier dexter hand an anchor, and, in the sinister, a savage-head by the hair: motto,<br />
Garde bien, (the crest and motto <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Eglinton) ; supporters, two<br />
dragons vert, vomiting fire, being the crest <strong>of</strong> the Earl <strong>of</strong> Winton, to show their<br />
descent from that family, having before used two women or angels in Dalmatic<br />
habits, for supporters.<br />
This ALEXANDER SEATON, who took upon him the name <strong>of</strong> Montgomery, and was<br />
Earl <strong>of</strong> EGLINTON, for his valour was to-named Gray-Steel ; he had with his wife<br />
Anne, daughter <strong>of</strong> Alexander, first Earl <strong>of</strong> Linlithgow, several sons and daughters<br />
; the eldest, Hugh, his successor, was Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, and father <strong>of</strong> Alexander<br />
Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, the grandfather <strong>of</strong> the present Alexander Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglin-<br />
ton.<br />
I shall here speak to the branches <strong>of</strong> this honourable family, whose arms I find<br />
in the ancient and modern books <strong>of</strong> Blazon that have occurred to me.<br />
Sir ROBERT MONTGOMERY <strong>of</strong> Skelmtirly, Baronet, whose progenitor was George,<br />
a second son <strong>of</strong> Alexander, first Lord Montgomery, carries in our Old and New<br />
Registers, quarterly, first and fourth Montgomery ; second and third Eglinton,<br />
over all, in the centre, a two-handed sword in pale, proper ; crest, a heart surmounted<br />
<strong>of</strong> an eye, proper.<br />
MONTGOMERY <strong>of</strong> Broadston, the first <strong>of</strong> which family was Robert Montgomery,<br />
second son <strong>of</strong> Alexander, first Lord Montgomery, who died before his father ; and<br />
<strong>of</strong> this family <strong>of</strong> Broadston, descended Hugh Montgomery Earl <strong>of</strong> Mount-Alexander<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ireland. This family carried, as in Esplin's Illuminated Book <strong>of</strong> Arms,<br />
quarterly, first and fourth Montgomery ; second and third Eglinton, and, by way<br />
<strong>of</strong> surtout, an escutcheon argent, charged (as I took it by the painting) with a<br />
boar's head couped gules.<br />
MONTGOMERY <strong>of</strong> Scotston, in the abovementioned book, quarterly,<br />
first and<br />
fourth Montgomery ; second and third Eglinton, and, by way <strong>of</strong> surtout, an escutcheon<br />
charged with a hart's head cabossed.<br />
Robert Montgomery <strong>of</strong> Scotston is recorded in the chartulary <strong>of</strong> Paisley to<br />
have been an arbiter betwixt the abbot <strong>of</strong> that convent and the town <strong>of</strong> Renfrew,<br />
in the year 1488 ; which family continued in the possession <strong>of</strong> these lands, being<br />
a part <strong>of</strong> the inheritance <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, <strong>of</strong> which this family was a<br />
branch, till the reign <strong>of</strong> King Charles I. that John Montgomery <strong>of</strong> Scotston<br />
alienated these lands and <strong>of</strong> ; this family was William Montgomery, who purchased<br />
some lands in Kintyre, whose son now living there is John, father <strong>of</strong> three<br />
sons; the eldest, William; the second, James, a sea-captain; the third, John,<br />
Minister <strong>of</strong> the Gospel at Stewarton.<br />
MONTGOMERY <strong>of</strong> GifTen, quarterly, first and fourth Montgomery, second and<br />
third Eglinton; over all, dividing the quarters, a cross waved or, and in chief a<br />
label <strong>of</strong> three points <strong>of</strong> the last. The first <strong>of</strong> this family was Robert, second son<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hugh Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton, who married Margaret, daughter <strong>of</strong> Sir Matthew Campbell<br />
<strong>of</strong> London, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth, his sole heir, married to<br />
Hugh Earl <strong>of</strong> Eglinton..