The Heraldry of the Stewarts

114 Pages·1906·16.472 MB·English

by  G. Harvey Johnston

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THE
Stewarts
Heraldry of the
NOTE.
220 Copies of this Work have been printed, of which only
200 will be offered to the Public. 175 of these will form
the Ordinary Edition, and 25 will be in Special Binding.

DEDICATED
BY PERMISSION
TO THE
STEWART SOCIETY.
Introduction.
THE name of Stewart is derived from the high office held by the earlier
members of the family namely, that of High Stewart of Scotland and
owing to the long connection of Scotland and France several members of
the family went to the latter country. In the French alphabet there is no "w,"
and so "u" replaced it, the name thus becoming " Steuart," and as the "e" was
then superfluous it was dropped, and the name was shortened into "Stuart." A
branch of the family took the name of Menteth, which later became Menteith,
Monteith, and Menteath.
As regards the Armorial Bearings, the principal charge is the fess chequy or
bend chequy that is, a belt across the shield composed of rows, usually three, of
squares, alternately blue and silver in the case of the Stewarts, and black and silver
in that of the Menteths. This charge is supposed to be derived from the chess, or
chequered, board used by the Stewards in calculating their accounts.
In this book the Arms are taken from the catalogues of seals by Henry Laing
and Wm. Rae Macdonald, from Nisbet's Heraldry, Sir David Lindsay's Manuscript,
R. R. Stodart's Scottish Arms, Sir James Balfour Paul's Ordinary of Scottish Arms,
and the different histories ofthe family.
The letterpress deals only with the males of the family, and the first recorded
members of the race are taken from J. Horace Round's Peerage Studies. The
pedigrees of the different branches are founded on the particular histories of the
different lines, and other works mentioned on page 86, also on Nisbet's Heraldry,
Douglas' Peerage and Baronetage, The Complete Peerage, by G. E. C, Tlie Scot's
Peerage, and for the modern portion on Burke's and Debrett's Peerages.
As it was found impossible in many cases to place the CADETS of a house in
their proper order of seniority, I have in all cases placed them in alphabetical order ;
but as regards the main lines, I have first traced the history of the Royal Stewarts
from their first recorded ancestor down to the brother of Prince Charles Edward,
and then worked backwards, tracing the next senior line, whether legitimate or
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illegitimate, ending with the Menteths. Then follow the Stewarts, who probably,
but have not yet been proved so, belong to the principal family, and, lastly, come
the families and individuals whom I cannot connect with the Royal race.
I have to express my thanks to Mr Francis J. Grant, Rothesay Herald^ for
the assistance he has given me in adding the crests and mottoes, as they are
not given in the Ordinary; and also to Mr J. K. Stewart, the Honorary
Secretary of the Stewart Society, for revising the proofs and for many valuable
suggestions.
s G. H. J.
Contents.
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THE STEWARTS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THEIR SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN
OF SCOTLAND ........
11-13
THE STEWART OR STUART SOV.EREIG.NS FR.OM KI.NG RO.BERT.II. TO.QUE.EN AN.NE . 13-24
NATURAL SONS OF KING JAMES.V. ........ 24-26
SON OF KING JAMES IV. ......... 26
SONS OF KING JAMES III. 27
SON OF KING JAMES II. 27
NATURAL SON OF KING.JAMES.II. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 28
NATURAL SON OF KING ROBERT III. .... .. . . . . . 28-29
HOUSE OF ALBANY 29-32
STEWARTS OF AVONDALE... ..... .. .. .... 32
STEWARTS OF OCH.ILTREE.., CAS..TLE-S..TEWAR.T., ARR..AN, A..ND M.E.THVE..N . ...... 33-35
EARLS OF MORAY 35-36
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EARLS OF BUCHAN 36-37
EARL OF MAR .......... 37-38
STEWARTS OF ATHOLL ........ 38-39
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EARL OF STRATHEARN 39-4
EARL OF ATHOLL .......... 4-4i
STEWARTS OF BUTE ........ 4i-45
STEWARTS OF DALGUISE........ 45
STEWARTS OF BONKYL ....... . 47-48
STUARTS OF DARNLEY ........ . 48-53
STEWARTS OF GALSTOUN ..... -53-54
STEWARTS OF DALSWINT.ON ........ 54
STEWARTS OF INNERMEA.TH AN.D LO.RN ..... . S4-58
STEWARTS OF APPIN ........ 58
EARLS OF ATHOLL ........ . 58-59
EARLS OF BUCHAN . 59-6o
EARLS OF TRAQUAIR ....... . 60-61
STEWARTS OF GRANTULLY ..... .61-63
. . . . . . . .
HOUSE OF MENTETH ..... 64-68
STEWARTS OF GALLOWAY ..... 68-73
LORDS BLANTYRE ..... 73-75
STEWARTS OF FORT STEWART ..... 75-76
STEUARTS OF ALLANTON ..... 76-80
STEWARTS OF LONDONDERRY ... 80-81
STEWARTS OF ATHENRY...... . .81-82
STUARTS OF HARTLEY MAUDUIT 82
OTHER STEWARTS 82-85
Pedigrees.
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I. THE ROYAL STEWARTS, SENIOR LINE. 10
II. THE ROYAL STEWARTS, JUNIOR LINE. ...... 30
III. NATURAL SONS OF KING ROBERT II. . . . . . . . 42
IV. THE STEWARTS OF BONKYL, SE.NIOR .LINE ...... 46
V. THE STEWARTS OF BONKYL, JU.NIOR .LINE .. .. .. .. .. .. 55
VI. THE HOUSE OF MENTETH ........ 65
VII. THE STEWARTS OF GALLOWAY 69
VIII. THE STEUARTS OF ALLANTON 77