25:
301:
246:
Lord
Townshend attempted, and Lord Harcourt obtained for him in Council a Port of Discharge at Letterkenny. He came into Parliament upon Popular Ground in the County. He stands by & court the Government his Support but even after all that has been done his support is very doubtfull. However
233:, his opponent's first pistol-round shot off the tails of Montgomery's swallow-tailed coat. Undeterred, Montgomery finished the duel sitting in a chair in order to conceal his bare posterior. In 1797 he won a duel with a Donegal loyalist and was carried home in triumph to Convoy by the
209:
There were several of the enemy killed and wounded, and a few prisoners taken, all of whom the barbarous
Captain Montgomery, who commanded us, ordered to be butchered in a most inhuman and cruel manner. One was shot and another knocked down with a tomahawk and both scalped in my
323:
Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lus Or two and one 2nd & 3rd Gules three annulets Or gemmed Azure two and one all within a bordure Argent charged with shamrocks Vert on an escutcheon surtout Argent a tilting spear and sword in saltire
251:
Alexander
Montgomery Esq., member for Donegall County has a good estate in this county-brother to the rebel Montgomery who was killed at Quebec-concerned much in the North-West Fisheries-an impracticable and dangerous man-an advocate for
260:. It is supposed he will leave his fortune to one of Lord Ranelagh's children, to whom his sister is married. Lord Carlisle obliged him by allowing him to name some officers in the Port of Ballyraine, for which favour he often supported
483:
247:
during the last
Session he was pretty steady. Mr. Montgomery has got to his Recommendation Two Boatmen, a Tidewaiter Surveyor of the Lough Swilley Barge and a Hearth Money Collection
498:
257:
42:
152:
89:
311:
Granted posthumously by Sir
Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms, 20 September 1808, on petition by Alexander's son Henry Conyngham Montgomery.
61:
68:
229:. Among his opponents was Francis Mansfield, the High Sheriff of Donegal in 1788. On one occasion while duelling in the bishop's garden in
277:
He died unmarried on 29 September 1800, at the age of 80, before the Acts of Union became law and on his tombstone in the churchyard of
75:
201:
asserted that on 23 August 1759, his detachment was brought under the command of
Alexander Montgomery for an attack on a village near
57:
468:
214:
Montgomery resigned from the
British Army in 1763 because a junior officer was promoted over him. He was also a Colonel in the
221:
Montgomery won his last election in 1797 by releasing
Republican freeholders from Lifford Gaol to vote for him. He joined the
379:
133:
283:
Sacred to the memory of Alex
Montgomery of Convoy who represented this once Independent county in Parliament for 32 years
478:
363:
108:
82:
463:
458:
453:
448:
443:
171:
46:
473:
140:, and his wife Mary Franklin. His youngest brother was the American Revolution war-hero, Major-General
166:" because of a scalping incident in the Seven Years' War in Canada and later in life he was called "
493:
488:
271:
353:
194:
156:
155:
in the general election of 1768 and represented that constituency until August 1800. He was also
35:
317:
On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a cubit arm armed grasping a broken tilting spear Proper.
202:
198:
186:
148:
438:
433:
222:
8:
418:
300:
267:
263:
141:
359:
278:
484:
Members of the
Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
234:
175:
393:
218:
Battalion of the Volunteers and was their delegate at the Dungannon Convention.
427:
240:
Montgomery was suspect in government circles. In 1773 he was described as "
182:
253:
190:
249:". Sketches of the Members of the Irish Parliament in 1782 stated- "
24:
226:
137:
126:
215:
230:
189:, which served in America. His regiment was part of General
174:(Young Sandy) who was a year younger and who represented
178:
in the Irish Parliament at the same time as Old Sandy.
499:
British Army personnel of the French and Indian War
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
425:
162:He had two nicknames. He was first called "
394:"Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C"
380:"Scripta diversa By George Osborne Sayles"
299:
396:. National Library of Ireland. p. 78
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
244:". "The Irish Parliament 1775" states- "
225:in 1773. Montgomery was noted for his
132:He was born in 1720, the eldest son of
426:
351:
294:Coat of arms of Alexander Montgomery
170:" to distinguish him from his cousin
58:"Alexander Montgomery" 1720–1800
262:". He was vehemently opposed to the
47:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
197:. Lieutenant Malcolm Fraser of the
13:
242:extremely popular and very flighty
125:(1720 – 29 September 1800) was an
14:
510:
412:
419:Alexander Montgomery's tombstone
172:Alexander Montgomery (died 1785)
23:
205:. Fraser states in his journal:
195:attack on French Quebec in 1759
34:needs additional citations for
469:43rd Regiment of Foot officers
386:
372:
352:Sayles, G. O. (January 1982).
345:
1:
338:
7:
10:
515:
355:The Irish Parliament 1775
147:He was elected Member of
123:Alexander John Montgomery
479:High sheriffs of Donegal
272:Kingdom of Great Britain
181:He was a captain in the
288:
157:High Sheriff of Donegal
274:and voted against it.
212:
151:as an Independent for
207:
199:48th Regiment of Foot
187:43rd Regiment of Foot
223:Royal Dublin Society
43:improve this article
474:People from Lifford
464:Irish MPs 1798–1800
459:Irish MPs 1790–1797
454:Irish MPs 1783–1790
449:Irish MPs 1776–1783
444:Irish MPs 1769–1776
295:
293:
268:Kingdom of Ireland
142:Richard Montgomery
336:
335:
264:1800 Act of Union
134:Thomas Montgomery
119:
118:
111:
93:
506:
406:
405:
403:
401:
390:
384:
383:
376:
370:
369:
349:
303:
296:
292:
279:Raphoe Cathedral
164:Black Montgomery
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
16:Irish politician
514:
513:
509:
508:
507:
505:
504:
503:
494:Irish duellists
489:Clan Montgomery
424:
423:
415:
410:
409:
399:
397:
392:
391:
387:
378:
377:
373:
366:
350:
346:
341:
291:
281:is inscribed: "
235:United Irishmen
176:County Monaghan
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
512:
502:
501:
496:
491:
486:
481:
476:
471:
466:
461:
456:
451:
446:
441:
436:
422:
421:
414:
413:External links
411:
408:
407:
385:
371:
364:
343:
342:
340:
337:
334:
333:
332:
331:
328:
325:
321:
318:
315:
312:
309:
304:
290:
287:
153:County Donegal
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
511:
500:
497:
495:
492:
490:
487:
485:
482:
480:
477:
475:
472:
470:
467:
465:
462:
460:
457:
455:
452:
450:
447:
445:
442:
440:
437:
435:
432:
431:
429:
420:
417:
416:
395:
389:
381:
375:
367:
365:9780907628125
361:
357:
356:
348:
344:
329:
326:
322:
319:
316:
313:
310:
307:
306:
305:
302:
298:
297:
286:
284:
280:
275:
273:
269:
265:
261:
259:
255:
248:
243:
238:
236:
232:
228:
224:
219:
217:
211:
206:
204:
203:Saint-Joachim
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
179:
177:
173:
169:
165:
160:
158:
154:
150:
145:
143:
139:
135:
130:
128:
124:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
398:. Retrieved
388:
374:
354:
347:
282:
276:
266:between the
258:Renunciation
256:doctrine of
250:
245:
241:
239:
220:
213:
208:
183:British Army
180:
167:
163:
161:
146:
131:
129:politician.
122:
120:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
439:1800 deaths
434:1720 births
330:Gardez Bien
254:Mr. Flood's
191:James Wolfe
136:, M.P. for
428:Categories
339:References
320:Escutcheon
149:Parliament
99:April 2021
69:newspapers
168:Old Sandy
159:in 1773.
270:and the
227:duelling
210:absence.
121:Colonel
400:24 June
382:. 1907.
324:Proper.
138:Lifford
83:scholar
362:
216:Raphoe
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
327:Motto
314:Crest
308:Notes
231:Derry
127:Irish
90:JSTOR
76:books
402:2022
360:ISBN
289:Arms
62:news
285:."
193:'s
185:'s
45:by
430::
358:.
237:.
144:.
404:.
368:.
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
