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John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
b. 1548, d. 9 November 1608
Birth
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, was born in 1548.
Parents
| Father | Robert Graham, Master of Montrose (d. 1547) |
| Mother | Margaret ("the witch") Fleming, Countess of Atholl (b. 1532, d. 1586) |
Children with Jean Drummond
| Daughter | Lilias Graham+ |
| Son | John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose+ (b. 1573, d. 14 November 1626) |
Property1234,5
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, possessed granted a charter whereby he assigned to John 6th Lord Fleming his own ward and marriage, in contemplation of the marriage then on 7 February 1583.6
Death
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, died on 9 November 1608 at age ~60.
Citations
- [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol iv, ch 1018, p 228
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 25 September 2025; GD220/1/A/3/6/9, 1569, Tack by William, Earl of Montrose and Dame Margaret Fleming, his daughter in law
- [S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Complaint by Jean Fleming," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=347 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 253.
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 290, p 95
- [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 127
| Context | Ch forebears |
| Last Edited | 2 December 2023 |