John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
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(13 March 1736 – 13 November 1806) was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway was the son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway by Catherine, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton ....
in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peer
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s, representing the Peerage of Scotland
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in the House of Lords
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, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s. From 1783 until his death he was a Lord of the Bedchamber
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to King George III.
The Earl, a Tory
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, was the target of two hostile poems by Robert Burns
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, John Bushby's Lamentation and On the Earl of Galloway.
Galloway, a frequent opera-goer, was caricatured by James Gillray
James Gillray
James Gillray , was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810.- Early life :He was born in Chelsea...
in An Old Encore at the Opera! of 1803. In 1762 James Boswell
James Boswell
James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson....
wrote of him that he had "a petulant forwardness that cannot fail to disgust people of sense and delicacy".
On 14 August 1762, he married Lady Charlotte Greville (died 1763), the daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick
Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick
Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick KT , known as Lord Brooke from 1727 to 1746 and Earl Brooke from 1746 to 1759, was a British nobleman....
. They had two sons, both of whom died in infancy. After Charlotte's death, he married Anne Dashwood, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, on 13 June 1764. They had sixteen children:
- Lady Catherine Stewart (18 March 1765 – 20 September 1836), married Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet in 1781
- Hon. Alexander Stewart (18 February 1766 – 29 March 1766)
- Lady Susan Stewart (10 April 1767 – 2 April 1841), married George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of MarlboroughGeorge Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of MarlboroughGeorge Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough FSA , styled Marquess of Blandford until 1817, was a British peer and collector of antiquities and books.-Background and education:...
in 1791 - Adm. George Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayGeorge Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayAdmiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...
(1768–1834) - Lady Anne Harriet Stewart (2 November 1769 – 30 January 1850), married Lord Spencer Chichester in 1795
- Lady Elizabeth Euphemia Stewart (6 October 1771 – 12 November 1855), married William Philips Inge in 1798
- Hon. Leveson Keith Stewart (4 October 1772 – 12 September 1780)
- Lady Georgiana Frances Stewart (15 May 1776 – 12 April 1804)
- Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Stewart (1774–1827)
- Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles James Stewart (15 April 1775 – 13 July 1837), Bishop of QuebecAnglican Diocese of QuebecThe Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent in 1793, and is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion...
- Lady Charlotte Stewart (7 August 1777 – May 1842), married Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet in 1801
- Lady Caroline Stewart (23 October 1778 – 1818), married Rev. Hon. George Rushout-Bowles in 1803; mother of George Rushout, 3rd Baron NorthwickGeorge Rushout, 3rd Baron NorthwickGeorge Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Northwick was the son of Reverend the Hon. George Rushout-Bowles, younger son of John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick...
- Hon. Montgomery Granville John Stewart (1780–1860)
- Hon. Edward Richard StewartEdward Richard StewartEdward Richard Stewart was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British Parliament.He represented Wigtown Burghs from 1806 to 1809.- External links :...
(1782–1851) - Lt.-Col. James Henry Keith StewartJames Henry Keith StewartJames Henry Keith Stewart was a Scottish Tory Member of Parliament.Stewart was a younger son of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway and his second wife, Anne Dashwood.He represented Wigtown Burghs 1812–1821...
(1783–1836) - Lady Georgiana Charlotte Sophia Stewart (1 February 1785 – 1809), married Col. Hon. William Bligh in 1806