STEWART, James 5th Earl of Galloway ^{1 2}

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James married Catherine MONTGOMERY, daughter of Alexander MONTGOMERY Lord Montgomery, 9th Earl of Eglinton and Margaret COCHRANE, in 1694.^{1 2} (Catherine MONTGOMERY was born about 1677 and died in December 1737 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"STEWART
JAMES EARL OF G
KATHRIN MONTGOMRIE/FR246 (FR246)
24/08/1694
599
10 / 338
Kilwinning"

from Index of Marriages




V. James (Stewart), fifth Earl, succeeded his brother, and was retoured heir to his father and brother on 6 December 1693. He took the oaths and his seat in Parliament on 27 May 1695. He was a Commissioner of the Treasury, a Privy Councillor in Scotland, and a strenuous opponent of the union with England. He also held office as a Lord of Police in Scotland till 1740. James, fifth Earl of Galloway, died at Glasserton House on 16 February 1746. He married, in 1694, Catherine, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, ninth Earl of Eglinton."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ²