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Politicians

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Alexander Stewart (British Army officer) Major-General (United Kingdom), Major-General Alexander Stewart (c. 1739 – 16 December 1794) was a Scottish people, Scottish officer in the British Army and a politician. Military career Born the second son of John Stewart (died 1769), J ...
(c. 1739–1794), British army general, Scottish politician, MP for Kirkcudbright Stewartry 1786–94 *
Alexander Stewart (1746–1831) Alexander Stewart (1746–1831), known as Alexander Stewart of Ards, was an Irish landowner and member of parliament. Birth and origins Alexander was born on 26 March 1746 in Ireland. He was the fifth son of Alexander Stewart and his w ...
, Irish MP * Alexander Stewart (Nova Scotian politician) (1794–1865), lawyer, judge and politician in Nova Scotia *
Alexander Robert Stewart Alexander Robert Stewart (12 September 1795 – 25 March 1850) was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Alexander Stewart of Ards by his wife Lady Mary, daughter of Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda. His uncle was ...
(1795–1850), Irish MP *
Alexander Stewart (American politician) Alexander Stewart (September 12, 1829May 24, 1912) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin. Born in Fredericton in the colony of New Brunswick (now in Canada, but a British colony at the time), Stewart moved ...
(1829–1912), US politician * Alexander David Stewart (1852–1899), Canadian politician * Alexander Stewart (British Columbia politician), mayor of Victoria, British Columbia from 1914 to 1916 *
Alexander Stewart (MSP) Alexander James Stewart (born 29 November 1962) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2016. Political career Stewart began his politica ...
(born 1962), Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament


Nobles

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Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland Alexander Stewart (about 1220-1282), known as Alexander of Dundonald, was a Scottish magnate who in 1241 succeeded his father as hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Origins He was the son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland. Caree ...
(died 1283), Scottish magnate *
Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll (c.1271 – 1319) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Sir John Stewart (d. 1298), and the father of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Angus. Family Alexander was the first cousin of Walter the Steward, father ...
(c. 1271–1319), Scottish nobleman *
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Alasdair Mór mac an Rígh, and called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – c. 20 July 1405), was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland and youngest by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He w ...
(1343–1405), also known as the "Wolf of Badenoch", Scottish prince and magnate *
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar Alexander Stewart (c. 13751435) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Mar from 1404. He acquired the earldom through marriage to the hereditary countess, and successfully ruled the northern part of Scotland. Biography He was an illegitimate son of ...
(1375–1435), Scottish nobleman *
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (16 October 1430 – 16 October 1430) was the eldest of a pair of twins. He died in infancy, and his younger twin brother became James II of Scotland. The twins were born in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. The ...
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Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (7 August 1485), was a Scottish prince and the second surviving son of King James II of Scotland. He fell out with his older brother, King James III, and fled to France, where he unsuccessfully sought help. In 1 ...
(c. 1454–1485), Scottish prince and magnate *
Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (died 1505) was the only son of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Margaret Ogilvy. Alexander succeeded to the Earldom and the Barony of Kingedward and other lands, probably in 1499, as he got sasine of ...
(died 1505) *
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross (30 April 1514 – 18 December 1515) was the fourth and last son of King James IV of Scotland and his queen Margaret Tudor. He was born after his father was killed at the Battle of Flodden, during the reign of his ...
(1514–1515) * Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway (1580–1649) *
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway 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, a Commissioner of the Scottish Treasury an ...
(c. 1694–1773) *
Alexander Stewart (1699–1781) Alexander Stewart (1699–1781) was an Irish landowner who grew rich by inheriting a fortune from Robert Cowan, a former governor of Bombay. His son Robert became the 1st Marquess of Londonderry. Birth and origins Alexander was born in 169 ...
(1697/99–1781), ancestor of the Marquess of Londonderry


Religion

* Alexander Stewart (bishop of Ross) (died 1371), Scottish prelate, Bishop of Ross * Alexander Stewart (archbishop of St Andrews) (c. 1493–1513), Scottish prelate *
Alexander Stewart (bishop of Moray) Alexander Stewart (1477 – 19 December 1537) was a Scottish prelate; also known as Alexander Stewart of Pitcairn. He was the son of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, and his first wife Catherine Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, Earl of ...
(1477–1537), Scottish prelate, Bishop of Moray *
Alexander Stewart (moderator) Alexander Stewart (died 1915) was a Scottish minister, who was principal of St Andrews University. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1911. Life He was born in Liverpool. He was professor of divinity at St An ...
(died 1915), principal of St Andrews University, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1911 *
Alexander Doig Stewart Alexander Doig Stewart (January 27, 1926 - August 12, 1999) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts from 1970 to 1984. Education Stewart was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Scottish parents, Alexander Doig St ...
(1926–1999), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts


Sports

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Alexander Stewart (rugby union) Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Kenneth Stewart (30 August 1852 – 13 February 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1875. Rugby Union career Amateur career Stewart played for Edinburgh Univ ...
(1852–1945), Scottish international rugby union player *
Alexander Stewart (cricketer) Alexander Lamont Stewart (2 June 1858 – 17 February 1904) was an English first-class cricketer. Stewart was educated at Clifton College."Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p29: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April ...
(1858–1904), English cricketer


Others

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Alexander Stewart (diplomat) Alexander Stewart (died 1593) was a Scottish courtier and diplomat. He was a younger son of Alexander Stewart of Scotstounhill, a captain of Blackness Castle, and Elizabeth Hamilton. Blackness Castle The older Alexander Stewart's record as captai ...
(died 1593), Scottish landowner involved in negotiations about Mary, Queen of Scots *
Alexander Boyd Stewart Prof Alexander Boyd Stewart CBE FRSE FRIC (1904–1981) was a 20th century Scottish organic chemist and agriculturalist. He was President of the British Society of Soil Science. Life He was born on 3 November 1904 at Tarland in Aberdeenshire, ...
(1904–1981), Scottish agriculturalist *
Alexander Dron Stewart Lt Col Alexander Dron Stewart IMS CIE FRSE FRCPE FRCSE MID LLD (1883–1969) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and public health expert associated with India. He was joint founder of the Indian National Science Academy in 1935. Life ...
(1883–1969), 20th-century Scottish physician and public health expert *
Alexander P. Stewart Alexander Peter Stewart (October 2, 1821 – August 30, 1908) was a career United States Army officer, college professor, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought in many of the most significant bat ...
(1821–1908), American Confederate general *
Alexander Turney Stewart Alexander Turney Stewart (October 12, 1803 – April 10, 1876) was an American entrepreneur who moved to New York and made his multimillion-dollar fortune in the most extensive and lucrative dry goods store in the world. Stewart was born in L ...
(1803–1876), American businessman


See also

* Alexander Stewart Provincial Park, a provincial park in central Ontario, Canada * Alex Stewart (disambiguation) * Sandy Stewart (disambiguation) * Alexander Stuart (disambiguation) * Alex Stuart (disambiguation) * Stewart Alexander (disambiguation) {{hndis, Stewart, Alexander