m. Jane Paget (01 Sep 1774 - 30 Jun 1842 Rutland Gate, Hyde Park) 18/19 Apr 1797 St. James's, Westminster.[2] Issue:[3]
1. Jane (b.29 Mar 1798) m. 11 Jan 1819 George, Marquess of Blandford[4]
2. Caroline (b.16 Aug 1799)
3. Randolph, Lord Garlies (b.16 Sep 1800)
4. Louisa (b.18 Mar 1804) m. 1823 William Duncombe, Esq.
5. Arthur (d.01 Jan 18106)
6. Alan (d. 01 May 1808)
7. Helen (d.26 Jan 1813)
8. Keith (b.03 Jan 1813)
Occupation
Admiral RN: 22 Jul 1830
8th Earl of Galloway: 13 Nov 1806
Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright 1794-1807, 1820-1828; Wigtownshire 1807-1828
Order of the Thistle: created K.T. 23 May 1814, invested 30 May.
M.P. for Saltash in 1790-95; Lord of the Admiralty 30 Apr 1805; M.P. for Cockermouth 1805-6, Haslemere 1806; 28 Mar 1807 Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of Wigtownshire.
Military Service
Mar 1780: Entered Navy as midshipman under uncle -- Cpt. Hon. Keith Stewart -- on board Berwick, '74,'
1801: Battle of Doggerbank
08 Aug 1789: made lieutenant
1790: made commander
1793: commanded Vulcan under Lord Hood; made captain.
commanded HMS Winchelsea during Adm. Sir John Jervis expedition to West Indies; mentioned in dispatches - 'placed his ship in the good old way within half musket shot' of a battery.
14 Feb 1797: Battle of St. Vincent (British victory) - commanded HMS Lively
Bell, J. (1827). Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde, (pp.198). Google eBook
The Scots Peerage, vol. 4, Balfour Paul, J. (1907), (Edinburgh: David Douglas), pp. 167, 170.
Watson, J. (1815). The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, (pp.25). S. Powell. Google eBook.
Footnotes
↑ fourth but eldest surviving son of the seventh Earl; succeeded father 13 Nov 1806
↑ 2nd dau; p. Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of 1st Marquess of Anglesea.
Merged with UNKNOWN-198329 created by
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Basil Stewart :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718[compare]