Alexander Montgomery

Who was Alexander Montgomery?

General Alexander Montgomery was an Irish MP for County Monaghan, Ireland.

His father was John Montgomery of Ballyleck, County Monaghan. John had succeeded his father to the Ballyleck Estate when his elder brother Thomas was disinherited for marrying an Englishwoman.

His mother was Mary Coxe, a Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline, wife of King George II of England. Mary Coxe's father was also the Queen's physician and governor of New Jersey, Dr Daniel Coxe. Montgomery's first cousin was the American Revolution war-hero Major-General Richard Montgomery, a son of the disgraced Thomas.

He was a General of Volunteers. He succeeded his elder brother John Montgomery as an M.P. for County Monaghan in the Parliament of Ireland from 1743-1760 and from August 1768–1783. He was appointed High Sheriff of Monaghan for 1747-48.

Montgomery married -

1. Miss Catharine Willoughby, daughter of Colonel Hugh Willoughby of Carrow, County Fermanagh in 1746, by whom he had Colonel John Montgomery, Colonel Hugh Montgomery, Reverend Robert Montgomery