Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
- Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
-
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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