Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

Battles of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1612-1650)

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1639 and 1650: 10 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,451 km apart end to end, 145 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Three Kingdoms (8).

Battle of the Brig of DeeBattle of AberdeenBattle of AlfordBattle of PhiliphaughSiege of InvernessBattle of CarbisdaleBattle of NewburnBattle of TippermuirBattle of InverlochyBattle of AuldearnBattle of KilsythBattle of NewburnBattle of TippermuirBattle of InverlochyBattle of AuldearnBattle of KilsythGlasgowAberdeenAyrInvernessDumfriesGreenockCarlisle100 km56.450N, 3.415W
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1639: 1 engagements1640: 1 engagements1644: 2 engagements1645: 5 engagements5 in 16451650: 2 engagements16391650
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Brig of Dee, 1639Battle of Newburn, 1640Battle of Tippermuir, 1644Battle of Aberdeen, 1644Battle of Inverlochy, 1645Battle of Auldearn, 1645Battle of Alford, 1645Battle of Kilsyth, 1645Battle of Philiphaugh, 1645Siege of Inverness, 1650Battle of Carbisdale, 165016391650
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 June 1639Battle of the Brig of DeeBridge of Dee, United KingdomCovenanter victory
28 August 1640Battle of NewburnNewburn, United Kingdom239 km SCovenanter victory
1 September 1644Battle of TippermuirPerth, United Kingdom193 km NWRoyalist victory
13 September 1644Battle of AberdeenAberdeen, United Kingdom120 km NERoyalist/Irish victory
2 February 1645Battle of InverlochyInverlochy Castle, United Kingdom183 km WRoyalist/Irish victory
9 May 1645Battle of AuldearnAuldearn, United Kingdom113 km NERoyalist/Irish Victory
2 July 1645Battle of AlfordAlford, United Kingdom75 km SERoyalist/Irish Victory
15 August 1645Battle of KilsythKilsyth, United Kingdom160 km SWRoyalist/Irish Victory
13 September 1645Battle of PhiliphaughSelkirk, United Kingdom86 km SECovenanter Victory
1650Siege of InvernessInverness, United Kingdom231 km NCovenanters withstand the siege and Royalists are forced to...
27 April 1650Battle of CarbisdaleCulrain, United Kingdom50 km NCovenanter victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Workshop of Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.