Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton

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Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton, (February 10, 1723 – October 25, 1769). Son of the 9th Earl of Eglinton. Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1750-51.

Planned and built the conservation village of Eaglesham, Scotland in 1769. The Earl introduced the young James Boswell to the joys of London society in the early 1760s, and figures prominently in Boswells London Journal 1762-63.

The Earl was shot on his own estate near Ardrossan by excise officer Mungo Campbell on October 24, 1769 following a dispute about the latters right to bear arms on the Earls grounds. He died from his wounds on the next day.

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Preceded by
Alexander Montgomerie		 Earl of Eglinton Succeeded by
Archibald Montgomerie
Preceded by
Lord Erskine		 Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1750–1751		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Erroll


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