John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose


John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Montrose from 1608 to the 1620s. He was for a time Lord President of the Privy Council of Scotland.
He was a Catholic, as the English ambassador William Asheby noted in November 1589, on the death of his uncle Mungo Graham, Master Household to James VI.
In January 1595, in revenge for the death of his kinsman John Graham of Hallyards, he fought with James Sandilands on the Royal Mile. Sandilands' brother-in-law William Crauford, brother of the laird of Carse was killed.

Marriage and amily

He married Lady Margaret Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea née Stewart. They had: