Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway

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Alexander Stewart

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: September 24, 1773 (78-79)
Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Immediate Family:

Son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway and Countess Catherine Montgomerie
Husband of Lady Anne Stewart and Lady Catherine Henrietta Stewart, Countess of Galloway
Father of Lady Mary Mackenzie; James Stewart; John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway; Lady Margaret Gordon; Vice Admiral Keith Stewart, RN and 8 others
Brother of Lt-Gen. Sir James Stewart; Margaret Stewart; Katherine Stewart; Mary Stewart; Hon. John Stewart and 4 others
Half brother of Honorable John Stewart

Occupation: 6th Earl of Galloway; Lt.-General; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland
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About Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway

Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (c. 1694–24 September 1773) was the son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway by Catherine, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton (c.1660-1729).

In 1719, he married Lady Anne Keith, the youngest daughter of the 9th Earl Marischal and they had one child:

  1. Lady Mary Stewart (d. 1751), who married Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose

Lady Anne died in 1728 and Alexander married Lady Catherine Cochrane, the youngest daughter of the John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald {see Earl of Dundonald}, in 1729. They had seven children:

  1. Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 15 August 1805) She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford.
  2. John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736–1806)
  3. Admiral the Honourable Keith Stewart of Glasserton (1739–1795)
  4. James Edward (1743–1812) Marjorie Elizabeth Stewart d.1812
  5. Lady Margaret Stewart (d. 1762)
  6. Lady Charlotte Stewart (d. 1818) married John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
  7. Lady Catherine Stewart (c. 1750–?)
  8. Lady Harriet Stewart (d. 1788) She married Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton.

Sources

http://thepeerage.com/p10852.htm#i108518

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Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway's Timeline

1694
1694
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1695
August 20, 1695
Age 1
Penninghame, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
1720
1720
Kensington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1721
1721
Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland, UK
1736
March 13, 1736
Garlies, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
1739
1739
Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1739
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1742
1742