a handsome town of North Britain, in the shire of Angus, situated at the mouth of the river Esk, on the German Ocean, 46 miles north-east of Edinburgh, but 70 miles distance by road. The houses are neat, and many of them in the modern taste. The most remarkable public buildings are, the town-house, the church, and an elegant episcopal chapel.—Montrose is a parliament town, and a dukedom in the family of Graham. It stands between two rivers, the south and north Esk, over which there have been lately built two very handsome bridges, at a great expense. The salmon fisheries on these rivers are very valuable, and form a good branch of commerce. Montrose, merce. The harbour is a fine semicircular basin defended by a handsome stone pier. A great number of trading vessels belong to this port.

Montrose (Marquis of). See Graham; and Britain, no 137, 138, 143, 265.