RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)

Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir James Montgomery, 1st Bt. (see lot 52) and Margaret Scott. He was M.P. for Peeblesshire between 1800 and 1831 and held the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland between 1804 and 1806. He married secondly in 1816, Helen Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham (see lots 62 and 63, and lot 64 for a portrait of his wife) and they had five children: Anne, Margaret Fleming (see lot 55), Graham (see lot 83), John Basil Hamilton, and Thomas Henry.