Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
- Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
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born 1612
died May 21, 1650, Edinburgh, Scot.
He served in the Covenanter army that invaded northern England (1640) but remained a royalist. Appointed lieutenant-general by
Charles I (1644), he led his royalist army of Highlanders and Irish to victories in major battles in Scotland. After Charles's defeat in 1645, Montrose fled to the European continent. He returned to Scotland in 1650 with 1,200 men, but he was defeated, captured, and hanged.
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