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Duke of Montrose (named for Montrose, Angus) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created anew in 1707, for James Graham, 4th Marquess of Montrose , great-grandson of famed James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose . [ 2 ]
Duke of Montrose (1st creation), 1488: David Lindsay (1440–1495) 1st Duke of Montrose and Lord Brechin and Navar, 4th Earl of Crawford: William Graham (d. 1472) 2nd Lord Graham: Dukedom forfeit, 1488 Dukedom restored, 1489 Dukedom extinct, 1495: Earl of Montrose, 1503: William Graham (1464–1513) 1st Earl of Montrose, 3rd Lord Graham ...
Each have their own tartan patterns. William Graham became the 7th Earl of Menteith in 1610 in what is now Perthshire, Scotland. The Grahams of Montrose had territories in both the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands, and the chief of the clan rose to become the Marquess and later Duke of Montrose.
James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, OStJ (born 6 April 1935), styled as Earl of Kincardine until 1954 and Marquess of Graham between 1954 and 1992, is a Scottish peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords.
Duke of Lennox and Duke of Gordon: Goodwood House, West Sussex: Gordon Castle, Huntly Castle, and Richmond House, London Duke of Argyll: Inveraray Castle, Argyll: Rosneath Castle, Argyll Duke of Atholl: Blair Castle, Perth and Kinross: Dunkeld House, Perth and Kinross Duke of Montrose: Auchmar, Stirling: Buchanan Castle, Stirling Duke of Roxburghe
The eldest son of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose, James Graham was educated at Eton College. In 1906 he married Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, the only child of the 12th Duke of Hamilton. They had four children: James (later the 7th Duke), Lady Mary Graham, Lord Ronald Graham and Lady Jean Graham. [1]
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
Montrose was married to Lady Isabella Douglas (1630–1673), the fifth daughter of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. [1] By his wife, Montrose had two sons and two daughters. [2] James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose (1657–1684), who married Lady Christian Leslie. [1] Lord Charles Graham, who died young in 1674. [1]