Sir John Stewart of Minto (1525–1583) was a

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. He was the son of Robert Stewart of Minto, also a Provost of Glasgow, and Janet Murray. Their ancestral lands were at

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in the Scottish borders. His uncle John Stewart was Lord Provost 1543/4. He was Provost of Glasgow from 1565 to 1573. Stewart was knighted at

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on 8 February 1562 during the festivities at the wedding of the queen's half-brother

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and Agnes Keith. In 1567 he was one of the senior politicians invited to the coronation of

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. In May 1570, he held

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against the forces of the Hamilton family, who were supporters of the queen in exile. Minto wrote to the lawyer Patrick Vaus of Barnbarroch from the Place of Daildowe (Daldowie) on 21 February 1579 mentioning that he was confined to bed with a sore leg, and had hardly been in the garden for 17 weeks. Their legal business concerned an old loan and reversion of Galloway lands and

Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray (c. 1540 – 16 July 1588) was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the wife of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland and the illegitimate half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, making her a sister-in-law o ...

and her deceased husband and his secretary John Wood. He died in 1583. He is buried with other family under a brass in the floor of

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Marriages and children

John Stewart first married Joanna Hepburn. His second wife was Margaret Stewart (1539–1577), daughter of James Stewart of Cardonald and Alice Keith; also sister to

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, captain of the guard to the queen of Scotland. Their children included: *

Matthew Stewart of Minto Matthew Stewart of Minto (c.1545 – c.1612) was a prominent Scottish merchant who was four times Lord Provost of Glasgow. Life He was the son of John Stewart of Minto, Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1565 to 1573, and his first wife Joanna Hepburn. ...

, who married Jonet Stewart. Four times Lord Provost of Glasgow *

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre (died 8 March 1617) was a Scottish politician, administrator, and judge. Life He was the son of John Stewart of Minto, Sir John Stewart of Minto, Scottish Borders, Minto and Margaret Stewart sister of James Stew ...

, (d. 1617) * Marion Stewart, married William Clelland of Clelland * Janet Stewart (1548–1613), who married Archibald Stewart of Castlemilk * Agnes Stewart, married John Wallace of Auchans.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, John Court of Mary, Queen of Scots Lord Provosts of Glasgow

1583 deaths 1525 births 16th-century Scottish people Knights Bachelor Burials at Glasgow Cathedral