Family and Education
b. 1725, 2nd s. of Archibald Stuart of Torrance, Lanark by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Andrew Myreton, 1st Bt., of Gogar, Edinburgh. educ. Edinburgh h.s.; writer to the signet 1759. m. Oct. 1790, Margaret, da. of Sir William Stirling, 4th Bt. of Ardoch, Perth, 3da. She; 2ndly William Pulteney. suc. bro. in the Torrance estate 23 Mar. 1796, and his kinsman, Sir John Stuart, 5th Bt. in the Castlemilk estate, Lanark, 18 Jan. 1797.
Offices Held
King’s remembrancer in Exchequer [S] May 1770 – Jan. 1771; jt. remembrancer 1771 – 86; jt. keeper of the signet [S] March 1777-June 1779; ld. of Trade June 1779–82; keeper of the register of sasines [S] July 1781–99, and thereafter jt. keeper.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Craigthorn, Lanark.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
STUART, Andrew (1725-1801)
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