Earl of Eglinton


Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1859, the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords, and both earldoms have been united since. Furthermore, other titles held with the earldoms are: Lord Montgomerie, Baron Ardrossan and Baron Seton and Tranent. The first is in the Peerage of Scotland, while the latter two are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
William Dunbar mentions a Sir Hugh of Eglinton in his Lament for the Makaris, citing him as a fellow poet. He has sometimes been tentatively identified as Huchown, but this is not certain.
The Earl of Eglinton is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Montgomery.
The family seat is Balhomie House, near Cargill, Perthshire. The ancestral seat was Eglinton Castle, in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.

Lords Montgomerie (1449)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Rhuridh Seton Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie.