His spectacular victories, which took his opponents by surprise, are remembered in military history for their tactical brilliance.
After the Restoration, Charles II paid £802 sterling for a lavish funeral in 1661, when Montrose's reputation changed from traitor or martyr to a romantic hero and subject of works by Walter Scott and John Buchan. He is referred to as the Great Montrose.įollowing his defeat and capture at the Battle of Carbisdale, Montrose was tried by the Scottish Parliament and sentenced to death by hanging, followed by beheading and quartering. From 1644 to 1646, and again in 1650, he fought in the civil war in Scotland on behalf of the King. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – ) was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Lord Lieutenant and captain-general of Scotland, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 5th Earl of Montrose
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