SHAW STEWART, John (1739-1812), of Greenock, Renfrew.

b. 1739, 1st s. of Sir Michael Stewart, 3rd Bt., of Blackhall by Helen, da. of Sir John Houston, 3rd Bt., of Houston, niece of Sir John Shaw, 3rd Bt., of Greenock. m. 11 May 1786, Frances, da. of Robert Colhoun of St. Kitts, sis. of William MacDowall Colhoun, wid. of Sir James Maxwell, 6th Bt., of Pollok, Renfrew, s.p. suc. gt.-uncle in the Greenock estates 1752 and took additional name of Shaw; fa. as 4th Bt. 20 Oct. 1796.