Family and Education
b. c. 1699, 2nd s. of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway [S], by Lady Catherine Montgomerie, da. of Alexander, 9th Earl of Eglintoun [S]; bro. of Hon. William Stewart. educ. Eton 1715.Mems. Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (Sc. Hist. Soc. xiii), 87. unm.
Offices Held
Ensign 3 Ft. Gds. 1720, lt., capt.-lt. 1734, capt. and lt.-col. 1736, 2nd maj. and col. 1744, 1st maj. 1745, lt.-col. 1748; col. 37 Ft. 1752 – d.; maj.-gen. 1754; lt.-gen. 1758.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Auchleand, Wigtown.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
STEWART, Hon. James (c.1699-1768)
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Oxford 1644
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