George Stewart - 5th Bart of Grandtully
Biography
Birth: 1750
Death: 1827
Son of John Stewart (d. 1797), 4th of Grandtully, and Clementina Stewart. Married (1792) to Catherine Drummond, dau of John Drummond of Logie Almond, with whom he had at least 6 children. Nephew to Archibald James Edward Steuart, despite them being almost of the same age. He became 5th Bart of Grandtully upon the death of his father.
George Stewart attended Westminster School from ca. 1762. He continued on to Oxford from where he received his MA in 1777. He became and advocate in 1776 when he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.1
Also known as
- 5th Bart of Grandtully
Life with James Boswell
In the London Journal on May 22, 1763 Boswell mentions Andrew Douglas having a weekly dinner for Captain Blair, young Douglas of Douglas, young Steuart nephew to Douglas, and their own son [George Douglas] (all Westminster pupils).
Notes
Note 1: Info from Barker, G. F. Russell and Alan H. Stenning, comp. The Record of Old Westminsters. Volumes I-II. London: Chiswick Press, 1928
Mentioned in
George Stewart is mentioned in:
- London Journal 1762-1763
