EARL OF EGLINTON AND WINTON

EARL OF EGLINTON AND WINTON, Archibald William Montgomerie (1812-1861), born at Palermo; became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; Rector of Glasgow University; was a noted sportsman and patron of the turf; is chiefly remembered in connection with a brilliant tournament given by him at Eglinton Castle in 1839, in which all the splendour and detail of a mediæval tourney were
spectacularly reproduced.