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John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
b. 1573, d. 14 November 1626
Birth
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, was born in 1573.
Parents
| Father | John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose (b. 1548, d. 9 November 1608) |
| Mother | Jean Drummond |
Child with Margaret Ruthven, dau of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
| Son | James ("the Great Montrose") Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose (b. 1612, d. 21 May 1650) |
Property1,2
Death
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, signed a will on 31 December 1612 in Montrose.3 He died on 14 November 1626 at age ~53 in Kincardine.4
Citations
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 11 September 2025), GD22 1B/2/1/10, 29 Dec 1624, Copy disposition for love and favour by John, Earl of Montrose to John, Earl of Wigtown.
- [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 821–823.
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 11 September 2025), GD22 1A/7/4/6, 31 Dec 1612, Latter will and testament by John, Earl of Montrose.
- [S122] Memorials of Montrose and his times, Mark Napier, Editor (Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1848), vol i, p 109; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/memorialsofmontr01mait/ : viewed 18 May 2025.
| Last Edited | 11 September 2025 |