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James Stewart was the son of Sir James Stewart of Beith (d. 1547), Constable of Doune Castle, who was the third son of Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale, and Margaret Lindsay daughter of John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres, widow of Richard, Lord Innermeath . His father was killed at Dunblane in 1547 by Edmondstone of Duntreath and his ...
Brief Life History of James. When Sir James Stewart was born on 16 October 1430, in Bute, Scotland, his father, William Stewart 3rd Sheriff of Bute and Arran, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Stewart, was 21. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Lady Janet Douglas. In 1445, his occupation is listed as succeeded his hather as sheriff of bute.
Sir James Stuart Menteath of Closeburn and Mansfield FRSE DL (1792-1870) was a Scottish advocate and eminent amateur geologist. Life. He was born at Closeburn Castle in 1792 the son of Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath and Ludivina Loughnan.
Stuart of Bute. Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet (d. 1662), descended from John Stewart (born 1360), the natural son of Robert II of Scotland; Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet (d. 1670) Earls of Bute. Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet, 1st Earl of Bute, Viscount of Kingarth and Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock (d. 1710)
The Bonnie Earl of Moray, the anonymous "vendetta portrait" of the murdered earl, 1592. James Stewart, 2nd Lord Doune, jure uxoris 2nd Earl of Moray (c. 1565 – 7 February 1592), was a Scottish nobleman. He was murdered by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly as the culmination of a vendetta. Known as the Bonnie Earl for his good looks, he became the subject of a popular ballad, "The Bonnie Earl of ...
Commissioned into the Scots Guards in the war, Jamie Stuart-Menteth lost both legs above the knee while with the 24th Guards Brigade at Anzio. He later made a successful career with ICI, becoming
When Sir James Stewart 1st Lord Beath was born on 21 February 1506, in Beath, Fife, Scotland, his father, Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale, ... The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, ...
