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. Stewart was admitted to

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on 9 March 1620 when he was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 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 Sir George Carew and Thomazine Godolphin. Their children included Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Sophia Bulkeley.

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