Biography

Duncan Stewart. (-1793) (aka. 6th of Ardsheal (Eldest son to Ardsheal))

6th of Ardsheal. 10th Chief of Clan Appin. Son of Charles Stewart, 5th of Ardsheal. Married Anne Irving (d. 1802) in 1767.

The couple had ca. 10 children. When he travelled with Boswell in 1762 he was on his way to receive orders from the East Indian company. It seems that he relocated to Boston, Massachussets a few years later. He married his wife Anne Irving in Boston in 1767, and a couple of portraits of the two (painted 1767 in Boston by John Singleton Copley) are currently in the possesion of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Life with James Boswell:

Stewart was Boswell's travelling companion on the wagon to London November 15-19, 1762.

External links:

• Stewart of Appin family tree - from Stirnet

This article was last updated at February 16 2008 20:40:43 CET

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