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Stuart Hall, near Stewartstown. Motto. FORWARD. Earl Castle Stewart, in the County Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Andrew Thomas Stewart, 9th Baron Castle Stuart . The Earls Castle Stewart claim to be the head representatives in the pure male line of the Scottish Royal House of Stuart.
House of Stuart. The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland, which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fitz Alan ( c. 1150 ). The name Stewart and variations had become established as a ...
Stuart succeeded his father as Earl Castle Stewart in 1961. In 2013 Patrick lent his DNA to a University of Strathclyde study that confirmed his descent from Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland. Thus he was the senior living member of the royal Stewart family, descended in a legitimate male line from Robert II of Scotland.
Stuart was the third son of Andrew John Stuart, 6th Earl Castle Stewart, an Ulster Scots nobleman, and his wife, Emma Georgiana Diana, the youngest daughter of Major-General Arthur Stevens (1821–1895) of the Madras Native Infantry and his second wife (of five), Georgiana Eliza Dickson, a descendant of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham ...
Crookston Castle has been owned by various branches of the Clan Stewart. Rothesay Castle was built by the Stewarts at the beginning of the 13th century. Drumin Castle was the home of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (the Wolf of Badenoch). Ardvorlich Castle, stronghold of the Stuarts of Balquhidder; Garth Castle, stronghold of the Clan Stewart ...
The Guggenheim family ( / ˈɡʊɡənhaɪm / GUUG-ən-hyme) is an American-Jewish family known for making their fortune in the mining industry, in the early 20th century, especially in the United States and South America. After World War I, many family members withdrew from the businesses and became involved in philanthropy, especially in the ...
Mary's marriage to a leading Catholic precipitated Mary's half-brother, the Earl of Moray, to join with other Protestant lords, including Lords Argyll and Glencairn, in open rebellion. [97] Mary set out from Edinburgh on 26 August 1565 to confront them. On the 30th, Moray entered Edinburgh but left soon afterwards, having failed to take the castle.
Elizabeth Mure. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, called the Wolf of Badenoch[ 2] (1343 – July 1394), was a Scottish royal prince, the third son of King Robert II of Scotland by his first wife Elizabeth Mure. He was Justiciar of Scotia and held large territories in the north of Scotland. He is best remembered for his destruction of the royal ...