John Montgomerie (died 1725)

John Montgomerie (died 11 March 1725), of Wrae, Linlithgow, was a Scottish businessman, customs farmer and Whig politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1704 to 1707, and in the British House of Commons briefly in 1710.

[2] Montgomerie unsuccessfully contested Linlithgowshire at the 1708 British general election, and was appointed as Under-secretary of State for Scotland in 1709, serving as private secretary to Lord Queensberry.

[2] He was returned as Member of Parliament for Buteshire at a by-election in February 1710, as a nominee of the county's patron Lord Bute.

[2] Montgomerie's business failed in 1712–13, and he was pursued by the Treasury over customs funds.

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