Andrew Stuart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart was a son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree

Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree

Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree fought for the Scottish Reformation. His daughter married John Knox and he played a part in the defeat of Mary, Queen of Scots at the battle of Langside....

 and Agnes Cunningham.

He resigned the feudal barony of Ochiltree

Lord Ochiltree

Lord Ochiltree of Lord Stuart of Ochiltree was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1542 Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale exchanged the lordship of Avondale with Sir James Hamilton for the lordship of Ochiltrie and by Act of Parliament was ordained to be styled Lord Stuart of Ochiltrie...

 and the peerage to his cousin, Sir James Stuart, with the consent of the Crown in 1615. Elevated in 1619 to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Castle Stewart.

Family

By his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan, they had:

• Andrew Stewart, 2nd Baron Castle Stuart
• John Stewart, 5th Baron Castle Stuart
• Robert Stewart