Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton

92 THE FAMILY OF
from the pen of the celebrated Mr Canning, in
which occur the following four lines : —
" Of Caledonia's land the grace,
Chief scion of an ancient race,
Of Eglinton the hope and boast,
Belov'd, admir'd, and early lost."
Lord Montgomerie's marriage with the Lady
Mary, eldest surviving daughter of the eleventh
Lord Eglinton, was celebrated in Duke Street,
Westminster, March 28th, 1803; and of this union
there were born in all four sons — the two elder
dying soon after birth ; the third, Hugh, Lord
Montgomerie, was born at Coilsfield House, January
24th, 1811 ; and on the death of his father came
to reside with his grandfather at Eglinton, where,
after he had arrived at the age of betwixt six and
seven years, he was suddenly carried off by an acute
inflammatory disease, May 21st, 1817. Lady Mary
Montgomerie married secondly, in 1815, Sir Charles
Lamb of Beauport, Baronet, by whom she had issue,
and died June 12th, 1848, survived by Sir Charles,
but since dead.
Thus, as before stated, the twelfth Earl of Eg-
linton came to be succeeded by his grandson,
Archibald William, fourth son of Lord Mont-
gomerie, as thirteenth earl, whilst yet but little
over seven years of age. His lordship was born at
Palermo in Sicily, September 29th, 1812, but on
the death of his father, in 1814, returned home to
Eglinton Castle, where subsequently he remained
under the peculiar care and guidance of his fond and