Walter Stewart (or Steward) was a Scottish courtier and politician who sat in the

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from 1624 to 1625.

Life

He was the third son of

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 ...

. Stewart was admitted to

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on 9 March 1620 when he was a

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to James I. In 1624, he was elected

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for

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but was unseated on petition on 28 March 1624 on the objection that he was a "Scotchman" and not naturalised. However he was re-elected MP for Monmouth in 1625 without further question.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Stewart is also said to have been a qualified doctor. He left England in 1649 for France, where he was court physician to

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. He died in or by 1657.

Family

Stewart married a dresser to

, Sophia Carew, daughter of

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and Thomazine Godolphin. Their children included

Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (8 July 1647Encyclopædia Britannica – 15 October 1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her ...

and

Sophia Bulkeley Sophia Bulkeley (née Stewart; fl. 1660–1718) was a Scottish Jacobite courtier. Life She was a younger daughter of Walter Stewart (or Stuart), the third son of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre, M.P. for Monmouth, her elder sister being the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Walter Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of Gray's Inn 17th-century Scottish medical doctors English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber Younger sons of barons Court of Charles I of England