Alexander (Stewart) Stewart First Earl of Galloway PC (1580 - 1649)

Born 1580 in Minnigaff, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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Died 9 Oct 1649 at about age 69 in Senwick House, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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Biography

Alexander Stewart was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Alexander (Stewart) Stewart First Earl of Galloway PC is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway and 1st Lord Garlies was born circa 1580 and died in 1649. He was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart, 6th of Garlies and Christian Douglas.

Sir Alexander Stewart, 'a man of great talent, loyalty and integrity,'

Knighted 1590 by James V1 at the Coronation of his consort Queen Anne of Denmark.

He was created 1st Lord of Garlies [Scotland] on 19 July 1607.

He was created 1st Earl of Galloway [Scotland] on 19 September 1623, with a special remainder to his heirs male bearing the name Stewart.

He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) 2 Feb 1628

He married Grizel Gordon, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar and Elizabeth Maxwell, on 16 October 1600.

They has issue:

1. Lady Anne Stewart.
2. Alexander Stewart, Lord Garlies b. b 1610, d. 1639.
3. James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Galloway b. c 1610, d. Jun 1671[1]

Sources

• Alexander_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Galloway Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1907, The Scots Peerage, vol. 4, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 159-160.

• Johnston, W. & A.K. (1906). The heraldry of the Stewarts, with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. p. 69. Edinburgh.