MacTaggart-Stewart Baronets
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The MacTaggart-Stewart Baronetcy, of Southwick in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and Blairderry in the County of Wigtown, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 October 1892 for Mark John Stewart
, who represented Wigtown Burghs and Kirkcudbrightshire in the House of Commons
. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1948.
Mark John Stewart
Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet , known as Mark John Stewart until 1880, was a Scottish Tory Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons...
, who represented Wigtown Burghs and Kirkcudbrightshire in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1948.
MacTaggart-Stewart Baronets, of Southwick and Blairderry (1892)
- Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet (1834-1923)
- Sir Edward Orde McTaggart-Stewart, 2nd Baronet (1883-1948)