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Dates 1700s
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Christian Carnegie
Issue 10 children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), vi, 261-6; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Fourth marquess and first duke of Montrose. Named to the office of high admiral of Scotland by Queen Anne (1706). Helped with parliamentary union and was rewarded with title of duke (1707). On death of Queen Anne was called to London to administer the regency (1714). Appointed keeper of the signet and made one of secretaries of state. Named lord lieutenant of Dunbartonshire, sheriff-principal of Stirling, and keeper of the great seal of Scotland upon the accession of George II (1727). Likely divided time between Scotland and London. Died London 1742 and buried at Aberuthven, Perthshire.