John was the son of Robert Stewart and Johanna Stewart[1] probably born about 1400 in Argyllshire, Scotland. He is nicknamed Iain Mùireach - John the Leper.
From his first wife, a MacDonald, whose name is unknown, he had three children:
John made plans to marry his mistress to legitimise his only son. On the day of his wedding he was stabbed but did not die right away. There was enough time for him to marry Maclaren's daughter and place the ring on her finger before witnesses so that there could be no doubt as to the marriage.
John was baron of Inverkeilor where stood Red Castle at Lunan Bay.The boundary between his lands of Kinblethmont and those of the Abbey of Aberbrothock at the Mire of Balnamoon were disputed. This was resolved on 27 July 1456 when Sir John Scrymgeour Constable of Dundee and several local lairds walked the marches and identified these in an Indenture of the perambulation. Among the jurors was Patrick Garden of that Ilk who was probably related to John and whose lands of Gardyne lay in the barony of Inverkeilor.[3]
He was murdered, December 20, 1463 at Dunstaffnage, Oban, Kilmore in Argyll. On his death the title, Lord of Lorn, passed to his younger brother, Walter who resigned it in 1469.
↑ 1.01.1Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org,
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↑ 2.02.12.2Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org,
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"Liber St Thome de Aberbrothoc: Registrorum Abbacie de Aberbrothoc Pars Altera", Edinburgh: Bannatyne Club, 1856, Archive.org,
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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]
This all feels highly... flimsy, by WikiTree medieval genealogy standards.
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