STEWARD (STEWART), Walter (c.1586-aft. 1649), of Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1586, Date of birth estimated from date of parents’ marriage and his position as 3rd son. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre of Blantyre, Lanarkshire (d.1617) and Nicola, da. of Sir James Somerville of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. CP (Stewart of Blantyre); Scots Peerage (Stewart, Lord Blantyre). educ. MA Camb. 1617; G. Inn 1620. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. i. 158. m. w. unknown, 2da. d. aft. 1649. DNB sub Stuart, Frances Teresa. sig. W[alter] Steuart.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber by c.1615-at least 1641. SP15/40/28; LC3/1, unfol.

?Freeman, Portsmouth 1628; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. commr. escape of prisoners from the Fleet prison 1635. CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 465.

Capt., RN 1635; r.-adm., escort of Spanish amb. 1636. Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson III ed. M. Oppenheim (Navy Recs. Soc. xliii), 223, 252–5; HMC 4th Rep. 94.

Parlimentarian

STEWARD (STEWART), Walter (c.1586-aft. 1649), of Westminster.

Main residence: Westminster.

STEWART

Author

L.B.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STEWARD (STEWART), Walter (c.1586-aft. 1649)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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