Andrew Stuart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart
Andrew Stewart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart (1560–1629) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier, courtier to King
Biography
Described as 'a nobleman of impeccable background and proven military ability', he was the only son and heir of Andrew Stewart (d.1578), Master of Ochiltree, and Margaret, daughter of his first cousin Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven of Methven Castle. He was the grandson of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree, whose title he succeeded to after his father predeceased his grandfather.
He became a
In August 1592 the king sent him to raid the House of Row in Liddesdale to catch counterfeiters and their coining irons who were working for the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell. He joined forces with his brother-in-law, the laird of Ferniehirst, or Andrew Ker of Jedburgh, and captured two men at Row, a number of 30 shilling coins, and the coining irons in the tower, but the master coiner escaped to England.[3]
He was lieutenant and warden of the West March of Scotland in 1597,[4] and James VI granted him Torthorwald Castle. Torthorwald had belonged to James Douglas of Parkhead who killed Ochiltree's uncle, James Stewart, Earl of Arran.[5]
A warrant from James VI dated July 1598 to the treasurer, Walter Stewart of Blantyre, requests 3,000 merks to be used to redeem jewels belonging to the queen which he had pledged for a loan. The 3,000 merks was given to Andrew Stuart, who paid off the loan (possibly from George Heriot) and redeemed two of the queen's jewels.[6]
In 1608, he was sent by the King to quell feuds in the
Though successful in this campaign, the King had no money with which to reward his military service and instead (in 1609) offered him 3,000
In 1615, with the King's consent, to raise money he resigned the feudal
Family
In 1587, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan Castle, Ayrshire. They were the parents of five children:
- Sir Andrew Stewart (1590-1639) 1st Baronet & 2nd Baron Castle Stewart; married Anne, daughter of John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl and Marie Ruthven
- John Stewart (d.1685), 5th Baron Castle Stewart; died unmarried
- Robert Stewart, of Irry (1598-1662), County Tyrone; ancestor of the Earls of Castle Stewart
- Margaret Stewart, married George Crawford of Crawfordsburn, County Down
- Maria Stewart, married John Kennedy, ancestor of the Kennedys of Cultra, County Down
- Anna Stewart, died unmarried
Mary Kennedy, Lady Ochiltree helped bring up Princess Elizabeth at Linlithgow Palace.[8]
He is the ancestor of the
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Johnston, George Harvey (1906). The heraldry of the Stewarts : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. W. & A.K. Johnston. p. 32.
- ^ Register of the Privy Seal.
- ^ Robert Chambers, Domestic Annals of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1858), p. 240 citing David Moysie.
- ^ David Masson, Register of the Privy Council, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), pp. 424, 432-3.
- ^ Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1896), p. 483 no. 864.
- ^ Analecta Scotica, 2nd series (Edinburgh, 1837), p. 382-3.
- ^ HMC 6th Report: Duke of Argyll (London, 1877), p. 623 "lumfaddis" and "birlinges".
- ^ Mary Anne Everett Green, Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia (London, 1902), p. 3.