NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Eglinton, Archibald William Montgomerie, Earl of, 1812-1861 NRA: Montgomerie Archibald William (1812-1861) 13th Earl of Eglinton Lord Lieutenant of Ireland DNB: Montgomerie, Archibald William, thirteenth earl of Eglinton and first earl of Winton (1812–1861), politician and racing patron LBT ID: LdEglit13 VIAF ID: 10773690 LOC ID: nb2010022953 | B/BAP: 1812-09-29 DIED: 1861-10-04 |
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The son of the twelfth earl (d. 1814); he was educated at Eton, afterwards devoting
himself to horses and Tory politics. In 1839 he sponsored the Eglinton Tournament,
described in Disraeli's Endymion. | |