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 Earl of Galloway is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He had already been created Lord Garlies in the Peera ...

in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.

Early life

John Stewart was the eldest son and second child of

Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway ( – 24 September 1773) was a Scottish aristocrat. Early life Alexander was the eldest son of Lady Catherine Montgomerie and James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway, a Commissioner of the Scottish Treasury ...

(–1773) and his, second wife, Lady Catherine Cochrane. His older sister, Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 1805), married

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 172126 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in ...

. His other siblings included Admiral the Honourable Keith Stewart of Glasserton (1739–1795), Lady Margaret Stewart (d. 1762), Lady Charlotte Stewart (d. 1818) who married

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – 25 February 1809) was a British colonial administrator who served as the List of colonial governors of Virginia, governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1775. Dunmore was named List of colonial governors of ...

, Lady Catherine Stewart (b. ), and Lady Harriet Stewart (d. 1788) who married

Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton and 6th Duke of Brandon (15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) was a Scottish peer and politician. Background and education Hamilton was the second son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton, by his third wife, An ...

. His paternal grandparents were

James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway Earl of Galloway is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He had already been created Lord Garlies in the Peera ...

and Catherine (

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Montgomerie), a daughter of

Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton Alexander Seton Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton ( 1660 – 18 February 1729) was a Scottish peer, lord of the Eglinton Estate. Early life He was born about 1660, the eldest son of Alexander, 8th Earl of Eglinton and Lady Elizabeth Crichton ...

. His mother was the youngest daughter of John Cochrane, 4th

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Career

He was elected one of the

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s, in the

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, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s. From 1783 until his death he was a

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. The Earl, a

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, was the target of two hostile poems by

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, ''John Bushby's Lamentation'' and ''On the Earl of Galloway''. Galloway, a frequent opera-goer, was caricatured by

James Gillray James Gillray (13 August 1756Gillray, James and Draper Hill (1966). ''Fashionable contrasts''. Phaidon. p. 8.Baptism register for Fetter Lane (Moravian) confirms birth as 13 August 1756, baptism 17 August 1756 1June 1815) was a British list of c ...

in ''An Old Encore at the Opera!'' of 1803. In 1762,

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 ( N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, '' Life of Samuel ...

wrote of him that he had ''"a petulant forwardness that cannot fail to disgust people of sense and delicacy"''.Jamesboswell.info
Retrieved 12 July 2011. Besides being a Member of Parliament, Lord Galloway was a Lord of Police from 1768 to 1782, a Representative Peer for Scotland from 1774 to 1790, a

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(1775), and a

from 1784 to 1806. He succeeded his father

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in 1773.

Art patronage

The Earl of Galloway was painted in a miniature by

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, as well as a full portrait by

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in 1758 when he was Viscount Garlies, which is currently located at The

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. His second wife, Anne Dashwood, had a portrait painted of her by

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in 1764. The portrait of Anne is currently located at

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. Lady Galloway, along with their daughter Susan Stewart, later Duchess of Marlborough, was also painted by

Angelica Kauffmann Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, ...

Personal life

On 14 August 1762, he married Lady Charlotte Greville (d. 1763), the daughter of

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(1719–1773). They had two sons, both of whom died in infancy. After his first wife's early death, he remarried to Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), daughter of

Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet (1715–1779) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1740 to 1768. Early life He was the son of Robert Dashwood, and his grandfather from whom he inherited the baronetcy was Sir Robert Da ...

, on 13 June 1764. Together, John and Anne were the parents of sixteen children: * Lady Catherine Stewart (1765–1836), who married Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet in 1781. * Hon. Alexander Stewart (1766–1766), who died in infancy. * Lady Susan Stewart (1767–1841), who married

George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (6 March 1766 – 5 March 1840), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1817, was a British nobleman, politician, peer, and collector of antiquities and books. ...

in 1791. * Adm.

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(1768–1834), a naval commander and politician. * Lady Anne Harriet Stewart (1769–1850), who married Lord Spencer Chichester in 1795 * Lady Elizabeth Euphemia Stewart (1771–1855), who married William Philips Inge in 1798. * Hon. Leveson Keith Stewart (1772–1780), who died young. * Lady Georgiana Frances Stewart (1776–1804). * Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Stewart (1774–1827), a military officer who was the first Commanding Officer of the Rifle Corps, a Division Commander in the

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, and an MP. * Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles James Stewart (1775–1837), who became the Bishop of Quebec. * Lady Charlotte Stewart (1777–1842), who married Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet in 1801. * Lady Caroline Stewart (1778–1818), who married Rev. Hon. George Rushout-Bowles in 1803; mother of

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. * Hon. Montgomery Granville John Stewart (1780–1860). * Hon.

Edward Richard Stewart Edward Richard Stewart (5 May 1782 – 27 August 1851) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a Commissioner of the Victualling Board from 1809 to 1813. and Paymaster and Inspector-General of the Ma ...

(1782–1851), an MP who became a Commissioner of the Victualling Board and Paymaster and Inspector-General of the Marines. * Lt.-Col. James Henry Keith Stewart (1783–1836), who became a

Member of Parliament. * Lady Georgiana Charlotte Sophia Stewart (1785–1809), who married Col. Hon. William Bligh (1775-1845), son of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, in 1806. Lord Galloway died on 13 November 1806 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest surviving son, the Admiral

, who married Lady Jane Paget, the daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of

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Descendants

His grandson, George Spencer-Churchill (1793–1857), was the 6th Duke of Marlborough, and his brother was Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill (1794–1840). Through his grandson, he was the 3x great-grandfather of

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. His grandson, Randolph Stewart (1800–1873), was the 9th Earl of Galloway and served as

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from 1828 to 1845 and was MP for

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from 1826 to 1831. He married Lady Harriet Blanche Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort. His grandson, George Rushout (1811–1887), was the 3rd Baron Northwick and served as MP for

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from 1837 to 1841 and MP for Worcestershire East from 1847 to 1859. He married the Hon. Elizabeth Augusta, daughter of

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and widow of

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, in 1869. His granddaughter, Sophia Bligh, married Henry William Parnell (1809-1896) in 1835, the son of

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, who was a great uncle of

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. Henry W. Parnell's sister, Emma Jane Parnell, was married to

Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, FRS (25 February 1795 – 12 February 1835), styled Lord Clifton until 1831, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British peer and politician. Background Darnley was the second but eldest surviving son ...

References

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