Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet (12 October 1834 – 26 September 1923), known as Mark John Stewart until 1880, was a Scottish

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in the

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. He represented Wigtown Burghs from 1874 to 1880 and again for a few months later in 1880 and also sat for

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between 1885 and 1906 and briefly in 1910. He married in 1866 Marianne Susanna Ommanney, daughter and heiress of John Orde Ommanney (d.1846), who was a son of Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney. Her mother Susanna MacTaggart was a daughter of

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, and through her they inherited an estate at

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. In 1905 he assumed the additional surname of MacTaggart as he and his wife took possession of the Ardwell estate of her grandfather.Anon. (28 September 1923)
"A Notable Scottish Laird. : Sir Mark Mactaggart-Stewart"
''The Times''. p. 12. Retrieved 31 March 2022. He was an officer in the

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and was appointed their Honorary Colonel on 22 December 1888. On 7 October 1892, he was made a Baronet, of Southwick in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Blairderry in the County of Wigtown. MacTaggart-Stewart died in September 1923, aged 88. He was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his only surviving son, Sir Edward Orde MacTaggart-Stewart, 2nd Baronet. Sir Mark and Lady MacTaggart-Stewart had five daughters and one son:Hesilrige Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1923 *Janet Gertrude McTaggart-Stewart (b.1871), married in 1899 Robert George Seton (b.1860), a descendant of the Barons Brownlow, and left children. *Sarah Blanche McTaggart-Stewart (b.1872). *Frances Emily McTaggart-Stewart (1873–1949), married in April 1903

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(1872–1943), who succeeded in 1938 as

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. They left no children. *Susanna Mary McTaggart-Stewart (1878–1961), married first in 1901 Archibald Patrick Thomas Borthwick, 20th

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(1867–1910), and secondly in 1916

Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton Alfred William Maitland FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton (3 March 1850 – 10 January 1930), styled Lord Alfred FitzRoy between 1882 and 1912 and Earl of Euston between 1912 and 1918, was the second son of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton ...

, leaving daughters by both husbands. *Margaret Anna McTaggart-Stewart (1880–1962), married in 1906 (div. 1919) Sir David Charles Herbert Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1879–1932), and had children. *Edward Orde McTaggart-Stewart (1883–1948), who succeeded as 2nd and last Baronet, leaving two daughters by his wife married in 1917 Hon. Margaret Selina Flora Maud Clifton-Hastings-Campbell (1895–1975), daughter of the 3rd

Baron Donington Baron Donington, of Donington Park in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 May 1880 for Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings. Born Charles Frederick Clifton, he was the widower of Edith Mary ...

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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