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Montrose

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Mon·trose  (mn-trz), First Marquis of. Title of James Graham. 1612-1650.
Scottish Covenanter who changed allegiance (1643) and led a force of Highlanders in a series of military victories on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War.
Montrose [mɒnˈtrəʊz]
n
(Biographies / Montrose, 1st Marquess and 5th Earl of (1612-1650) M, Scottish, MILITARY: general) James Graham, 1st Marquess and 5th Earl of Montrose. 1612-50, Scottish general, noted for his victories in Scotland for Charles I in the Civil War. He was later captured and hanged


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