EGLINTON

EGLINTON. The castle and lands of Eglintou are in Ayrshire. They gave name as early as the time of "William the Lion, to a distinguished family. This family ended in an heiress in the XlV. century, and she married Sir John Montgomery, a lineal ancestor of the present Earl of Egliuton.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.