Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is…
March 1852 CE
Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on March 1, 1852, under the Earl of Derby.
A staunch Tory, he was a whip in the House of Lords in 1846; on May 28, 1846, he spoke against the Corn Importation Bill; in May 1848 he opposed the Jewish Disabilities Bill.