An old portrait of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650). He was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. He was also the chief of clan Graham and a poet who was known as Great Montrose. He was hung, drawn and quartered and beheaded at the market cross , Edinburgh after being defeated at the battle of Carbisdale.

---

Size: 5144px × 5906px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aberdeen, alford, auldearn, battle, beheaded, berwick, capital, captain, carbisdale, chief, civil, clan, covenant, covenanter, covenanters, cross, death, drawn, edinburgh, english, engraved, engraving, excommunicated, excommunication, executed, execution, general, graham, great, hanging, highland, highlands, hung, inverlochy, james, kingdoms, market, marquis, martyr, mercat, military, montrose, montrose., national, nobleman, philiphaugh, poet, portrait, punishment, quartered, scotland, scottish, sentenced, soldier, tippermuir, traitor, treaty, viceroy, war, wars