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Lord Ochiltree (or Ochiltrie) of Lord Stuart of Ochiltree was a title in the
Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...
. In 1542
Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale or Andrew Stuart, 1st Lord Ochiltree (died 1549), was a Scottish peer. Title Andrew was the son of Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale, a new creation which Andrew surrendered for a new investment as Lord Ochiltre ...
(see the Earl Castle Stewart for earlier history of the family) exchanged the lordship of Avondale with Sir James Hamilton for the lordship of Ochiltrie and by Act of Parliament was ordained to be styled Lord Stuart of Ochiltrie. His great-grandson, the third Lord Stuart of Ochiltrie, resigned the feudal barony of Ochiltree and the peerage to his cousin, James Stewart, with the consent of the Crown in 1615. In 1619 he was instead elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Castle Stewart; see the Earl Castle Stewart for further history of this branch of the family). James Stewart now became the first or fourth Lord Ochiltrie (or Lord Stewart of Ochiltrie). He was succeeded by his son William, the second or sixth Lord. On his early death in 1675 the lordship became either dormant or extinct. A branch of the Ochiltree family is introduced at the
Swedish House of Lords The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. Name The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights' ...
(''Riddarhuset'') under the name Stuart. Hans (Johannes) Stuart (d. 1618) obtained a letter of descent in Edinburgh in 1579 and a letter of arms at Holyrood Castle in Edinburgh from King
James VI of Scotland James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until hi ...
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Lords Ochiltree (1542)

* Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Ochiltree (c. 1505–1548) * Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree (c. 1521–1591) *
Andrew Stuart, 3rd Lord Ochiltree Andrew Stewart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart (1560–1629) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier, courtier to King James VI and I and one of the chief undertakers in the Ulster Plantation. Biography Described as 'a nobleman of impeccable background and prov ...
(c. 1560–1629), resigned lordship in 1615 and created Baron Castle Stewart in 1619. * James Stewart, 4th Lord Ochiltree (1595–c. 1658) son of James Stewart, Earl of Arran, made Lord Ochiltree in 1615. * William Stewart, 5th Lord Ochiltree (c. 1659–1675)


See also

* Earl Castle Stewart *
Lord Methven Lord Methven was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 17 July 1528 by King James V of Scotland for his stepfather Henry Stewart. The title became extinct on the death of the grantee's grandson in the 1580s. The title takes its n ...
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Lord Avondale There have been several peerage titles created with the name Avondale (or Avandale), referring to the dale (or valley) of the Avon Water in Scotland. The word strath also means valley, and the area is now better known as Strathaven. The title Ea ...
* Lord Colvill of Ochiltree * Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire


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Further reading


http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/royal
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochiltree Dormant lordships of Parliament Extinct lordships of Parliament Noble titles created in 1542