Francis Montgomerie

Francis Montgomerie (1645–) of Giffen, Ayr was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1689 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1710.

Life Montgomerie was the second son of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton and his second wife Lady Mary Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes. He was educated at Glasgow University in 1665.

Montgomerie was returned as Shire Commissioner for Ayrshire in 1689. He was a member of the Scottish Privy Council from 1692 to 1708.

In 1697 he was Commissioner in the witch investigations linked to Christian Shaw.

In 1707, Montgomerie was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Ayrshire at the 1708 British general election. At the 1710 British general election, he withdrew from the election in favour of his son John who succeeded him as MP for Ayrshire.

On 26 September 1679, he married as his second wife Elizabeth Sinclair, widow of Sir James Primrose who died in 1702, and daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Longformacus, Berwickshire.

His children were:

Lt Col John Montgomerie Col Alexander Montgomerie who fought at the Battle of Almansa Elizabeth Montgomerie, who married Col Patrick Ogilvy of Lonmay