William Stewart of Castle Stewart (-)

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Father:1Sir James Stewart (around 1604-before 15 February 1671), 2. Earl of Galloway
Mother:2Nicolas Grierson (-)
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Married:3Elizabeth Gordon (-)
Children
Children with Elizabeth Gordon:
William Stewart (-)4
William Stewart (-)5
Nicola Stewart (-)6
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He was M.P. for Wigtownshire in 1650, and, like his brother, was a sympathiser with the Covenanters, being fined £600 for the offence. On 1 November 1671 he had a grant of certain lauds from the Bishop of Galloway, being therein styled fourth lawful son of James, late Earl of Galloway. Elizabeth Gordon his spouse is also named. He was in favour with Charles II, however, in 1677, in which year he had a grant (1 July 1677) of a burgh of barony, and commenced building the burgh of Newton Stewart shortly thereafter. On 25 October 1677 he had sasine of the lands of Castle Stewart and of the burgh of barony of Newton Stewart.7
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume IV: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907), Galloway, p. 161-62, II James Stewart.
2 Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons, Volume II: 107th Edition (: Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2003), Galloway, p. 1511-16.
3 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume IV: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907), Galloway, p. 161-62, II James Stewart.
4 Ibid
5 Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons, Volume II: 107th Edition (: Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2003), Galloway, p. 1511-16.
6 Ibid
7 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume IV: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907), Galloway, p. 161-62, II James Stewart.
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