Anne Stewart, Countess of Galloway (1743 – 8 January 1830), formerly Anne Dashwood, was the wife of

John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, (13 March 1736 – 13 November 1806), styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773, was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773. Early ...

. Anne Dashwood was born at

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, Oxfordshire, the family home of her parents

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, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Spencer. On 13 June 1764, she married the future earl, when he was an MP and heir to his father's earldom. His first wife, Lady Charlotte Greville, had died in 1763, leaving him with no living children. In the year of their marriage, Sir

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painted Anne in the guise of a shepherdess; the portrait is now held by the

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, New York. They had sixteen children: * Lady Catherine Stewart (1765–1836), who married Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, and had children * Hon. Alexander Stewart (1766–1766) * Lady Susan Stewart (1767–1841), who married

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, and had children * Admiral

George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, (24 March 1768 – 27 March 1834), styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician. Background Garlies was the eldest son of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Gallow ...

(1768–1834) * Lady Anne Harriet Stewart (1769–1850), who married Lord Spencer Chichester and had children * Lady Elizabeth Euphemia Stewart (1771–1855), who married William Philips Inge in 1798 * Hon. Leveson Keith Stewart (1772–1780) * Lady Georgiana Frances Stewart (1776–1804) * Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Stewart (1774–1827), who married Frances Douglas and had children * Rt. Rev. Hon.

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(1775–1837), Bishop of Quebec, who died unmarried * Lady Charlotte Stewart (1777–1842), who married Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet, and had children * Lady Caroline Stewart (1778–1818), who married Rev. Hon. George Rushout-Bowles, and was the mother of

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L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 208 * Hon. Montgomery Granville John Stewart (1780–1860), who married Catherine Honyman and had children * Hon.

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(1782–1851), who married Katherine Charteris and had children * Lt.-Col.

James Henry Keith Stewart James Henry Keith Stewart (22 October 1783 – 18 July 1836) was a Scottish Tory Member of Parliament. Stewart was a younger son of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, (13 March 1736 – 13 November 1806), s ...

(1783–1836) * Lady Georgiana Charlotte Sophia Stewart (1785–1809), who married Col. Hon. William Bligh (1775-1845), son of

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, and had children John Stewart inherited the earldom of Galloway in 1773, making his wife a countess. He died in 1806, at which point she became Dowager Countess of Galloway. Two years later, a court case ensued over a trust deed set up by the earl in 1804, whereby the trustees were authorised to sell property and appoint additional trustees. The dowager countess having declined to accept nomination as a trustee, a Mr Forbes, who had purchased part of the estate, took the trustees to the Court of Session, claiming he was not bound by the terms of the purchase; the Court of Session found against him. The countess died, aged 86, at Davies Street, Westminster, London.

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