Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway ( – 24 September 1773) was a Scottish aristocrat.
Early life
Alexander was the eldest son of Lady Catherine Montgomerie and
James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway
Earl of Galloway is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He had already been created Lord Garlies in the Peera ...
, a Commissioner of the Scottish Treasury and
Privy Councillor of Scotland
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who opposed the
Union between England and Scotland.
He had three younger brothers, Lt.-Gen. Hon.
James Stewart (an
MP for
Wigtown Burghs and
Wigtownshire
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), Capt. Hon.
William Stewart (also an MP for Wigtown Burghs), and Hon. George Stewart, who died while a student at
Edinburgh University
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. His sisters included Lady Margaret Stewart (wife of
James Carnegie, 5th Earl of Southesk
James Carnegie, 5th Earl of Southesk (1692–1730) was a Scottish nobleman. He inherited the earldom 14 May 1700. He was attainted of the earldom
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and
John St Clair, Master of Sinclair
John St Clair, Master of Sinclair (5 December 1683 – 2 November 1750) was a Scottish Army officer and Tory politician who sat briefly in the British House of Commons in 1708 before he was excluded as ineligible as eldest son of a Scottish peer. ...
, eldest son and heir apparent of
Henry St Clair, 10th Lord Sinclair
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) and Lady Euphemia Stewart (wife of
Alexander Murray of
Broughton).
His paternal grandparents were
Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl of Galloway
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and the former Lady Mary Douglas (eldest daughter of
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (before 16221671) was a Scottish noble, politician and Covenanter.
Biography
James was the second son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry and his wife Isabel. On his father's death in 1640 he succeed ...
and Lady Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter of
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair (died 27 March 1659) was a Scottish statesman who was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and Earl of Traquair in 1633.
Life
He was the son of John Stewart, the Younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a ...
). His maternal grandparents were
Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton
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and Lady Margaret Cochrane (sister of
John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald
John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald ( – 16 May 1690), ''styled'' Lord Cochrane from 1679 to 1686, was a Scottish aristocrat.
Early life
He was the eldest son of William Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (d. 1679) and the former Lady Katherine Kennedy. A ...
).
Career
In 1740, the then Lord Garlies, began work on what became
Galloway House which adjoined the estate village of
Garlieston
Garlieston ( gd, Baile Gheàrr Lios, IPA: paləʝeaːᵲʎis̪ is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, la ...
, on
Wigtown Bay
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. The home was designed by
John Douglas, who was assisted by John Baxter as site architect.
[Galloway House up for Sale]
at gallowaygazette.co.uk/news, accessed 29 December 2011 Around 1750 or during the
Napoleonic Wars
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, a high wall around the garden was constructed by French prisoners of war.
[
He succeeded to the earldom upon his father's death on 16 February 1745/6. Lord Galloway served as the Scottish Lord of Police from roughly 1743 to 1768. On 24 August 1756, he succeeded ]Sir Archibald Stewart, 2nd Baronet
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, his third cousin once removed as 4th Baronet, of Burray. He served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
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# 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin
# 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie
# 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740)
# 1739 ...
from 1757 to 1759 and was Lt.-Gen. and President of the Council of the Royal Archers from 1765 to 1768.
Personal life
In 1719, he married Lady Anne Keith, the youngest daughter of the William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal and Lady Mary Drummond (eldest daughter of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
James Drummond, 1st Duke of Perth KT PC (164811 May 1716), also 4th Earl of Perth and 7th Lord Drummond, was a Scottish statesman, and Jacobite.
Family
The eldest son of James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth by his spouse Lady Anne, daughter o ...
). Together, they were the parents of the following children:
* Hon. Alexander Stewart, Master of Garlies (1719–1738), who died unmarried at Aix-la-Chapelle.
* Hon. James Stewart (d. 1733), who died of smallpox
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while a student at Dalkeith School.
* Hon. John Stewart, who died young.
* Lady Mary Stewart (d. 1751), who married Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose (1717 – 18 October 1761)Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page ...
, eldest son of William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth
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and is buried at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington.
Upon the death of Lady Anne in 1728, Stewart, a poet, wrote a set of verses preserved by Sir Alexander Murray of Stanhope and later printed by James Maidment
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Maidment's hobby was the collection of l ...
.
In January 1728 (or 1729), he was married to his cousin, Lady Catherine Cochrane, the third and youngest daughter of John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald
John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald (4 July 1687 – 5 June 1720), was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.
Early life
Cochrane was born on 4 July 1687. He was the second son of John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald and Lady Susan Hamilton. His ...
and Lady Anne Murray (second daughter of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore
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The second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, he rose to become a general in the British Army and was created Earl of Dunmore, Lord M ...
). They had nine surviving children:
* John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, (13 March 1736 – 13 November 1806), styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773, was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.
Early ...
(1736–1806), who married Lady Charlotte Mary Greville, third daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick
Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, KT (10 October 1719 – 8 July 1773), known as Lord Brooke from 1727 to 1746 and Earl Brooke from 1746, was a British nobleman.
He inherited Warwick Castle and the title of Baron Brooke from his father in 1 ...
. After her death, he married Anne Dashwood, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet
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Early life
He was the son of Robert Dashwood, and his grandfather from whom he inherited the baronetcy was Sir Robert D ...
.
* Hon. George Stewart (d. 1758), a Lieutenant
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who died at Fort Ticonderoga
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during the French and Indian War
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.
* Vice Admiral the Hon. Keith Stewart
Vice-Admiral Keith Stewart (1739 – 3 March 1795) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons on two occasions. Having began his naval career in around 1753, Stewart was promoted to commander in 1761 an ...
of Glasserton
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The Parish
It is th ...
(1739–1795), who married Georgina Isabella d'Aguilar, a daughter of Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar.
* Lady Euphemia Stewart (1729-1818)
* Lady Catherine Stewart (b. c. 1730), who married her cousin James Murray of Broughton.
* Lady Margaret Stewart (b. c.1732-1762), who married Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne
Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (c. 1726 – 28 December 1794). The eldest son of John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne and Grace Lockhart, he succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Aboyne on 7 April 1732. On his death in 1794 he was succeeded in his t ...
.
* Lady Charlotte Stewart (d. 1818), who married John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore.
* Lady Harriet Stewart (d. 1788), who married Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
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Background and education
Hamilton was the second son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton, by his third wife, Ann ...
.
* Lady Susanna Stewart (b.1742/3-1805), who married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 172126 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
Background ...
.
Lord Galloway died on 24 September 1773 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son who became the 7th Earl of Galloway. His widow died on 15 March 1786.
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