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John Stewart - 7th Earl of Galloway

Biography


Birth: Mar 15, 1735
Death: Nov 13, 1806 at Galloway House, Wigtown

Lord Garlies (1746-1773). 7th Earl of Galloway (1773-1806). Baron Stewart of Garlies (1796-1806). Son of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and Catherine Cochrane. Brother of Keith Stewart and Catherine Stewart. Brother-in-law of James Murray. Married (1762) to Charlotte Mary Greville (1745-1763), who died died less than a year after their wedding. Married Anne Dashwood (1743-1830) in 1764. MP for Morpeth (1761-1768). MP for Ludgershall (1768-1773). Lord of Police (1768-1782). Repr. peer for Scotland 1774-1790. Lord of the Bedchamber (1784-1806). Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1794-1806). Interested in agriculture and opera. (Link)

His paternal grandmother was Catherine Montgomerie (d. 1757), sister to the 10th Lord Eglinton.

Also known as

  • Lord Garlies
  • 7th Earl of Galloway

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Stewart on September 25, 1762, when he was received by him on his way to visit Lord Galloway at Galloway House. On this occassion Boswell described him as "a little man with a great flow of animal spirits. He has been indulged and even idolised by Lord Galloway, which has given him a petulant forwardness that cannot fail to disgust people of sense and delicacy." Boswell also visited Lord and Lady Garlies together with Murray of Broughton in London, on December 19, 1762.

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Mentioned in

John Stewart is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
  • London Journal 1762-1763

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