History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

1540.
OF STRATHERN AND MONTEITH. 27
was present in Parliament on the 10th of July Alexander
'■ •' SECOND EaRT,
\5%0, ' Of" MONTEITH.
1493 1540.
On the 2nd of February 1531, Kmg James tlie
Fifth granted to his cousin, Alexander Earl of
Monteith, the third part of the lands of Kil-
bride, to hold to him and his heirs. ^ By
Margaret, daughter of Walter Buchanan of Bu-
chanan, he had two sons, William, and Walter
Graham, who is supposed to have been the
ancestor of the Grahams of Gartur. Dying be-
tween 1531 and 1540^, he was succeeded by his
eldest son,
William Graham, third Earl of Mon- William
1 , • -r« !• ; ,1 THIRD Earl
TEiTH, who was present in rarhament on the of Monteith.
10th of December, 1540% and by Margaret,
daughter of John Mowbray of Barnbougal, had
several children. The precise date of his death
is uncertain ; but he was succeeded by his eldest
son,
John Graham, fourth Earl of Monteith,
1 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 292.
2 Reg. Mag. Sig.
3 Acts of Parliament of Scotland, vol. ii. pp. 355. 404,
405. In Wood's Douglas' Peerage, vol. ii. p. 228., it is said,
that William, third Earl of Monteith, died in 1537, but
he was certainly present in Pai'liament on the 10th of
December, 1540. The "Earl of Monteith" was also present
in Parliament on the 14th of March, 1541, and on the 4th
and 15th of December, 1543, but as his christian name
is not mentioned, it is doubtful whether it was William,
the third, or his son John, the fourth Earl. — Acts of
Parliament, vol. ii. pp. 368. 427. 443. ; and Records of the
Parliament of Scotland, vol. i. part i. pp. 660. 674.