Hugh Montgomerie, 4th Earl of Eglinton (1563–1586) was a Scottish landowner.
He was a son of Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton and Agnes Drummond, a daughter of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, (and a granddaughter of James IV of Scotland).Balfour Paul, Sir James, Scots Peerage, Edinburgh 1904. vol iii, pp. 441–442
For most of his life he was known as the "Master of Eglinton". The principal home of the family was Eglinton Castle.
His father died in 1585, and his mother Agnes Drummond (d. 1589) married Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond.William Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries (Edinburgh, 1859), p. 225.
Death
He was killed at Stewarton on 18 April 1586 by associates of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn, including Alexander Cunningham of Aiket."HMC Eglinton" (London, 1885), p. 29 no. 81.William Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 225–28.
David Cunningham of Robertland was one of those implicated in the murder. He was said to have joined the Earl's companions two years before the murder.William Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 49–50.Thomas Thomson, Historie of King James the Sext (Edinburgh, 1825), pp. 238–40 He fled to Denmark and was rehabilitated when James VI of Scotland married Anne of Denmark and joined her household.David Stevenson, Scotland's Last Royal Wedding (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 94–95.
Marriage and family He married Egidia or Gelis Boyd (1556–1586), a daughter of Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd and Marion Colquhoun in 1576. They were to set up household in 1580 when the Master of Eglinton reached sufficient age.William Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1859), p. 52; vol. 2, pp. 214–16. Their children included: Hugh Montgomerie, 5th Earl of Eglinton
He married secondly Helen Kennedy, daughter of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany.William Fraser, Memorials of the Montgomeries, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1859), p. 52.
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