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STEWART, James 5th Earl of Galloway
(About 1672-1746)
MONTGOMERIE, Catherine
(About 1677-1737)
STEWART, Alexander 6th Earl of Galloway
(1694-1773)
COCHRANE, Catherine
(About 1712-1786)
STEWART, Margaret
(About 1744-1762)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Charles 4th Earl of Aboyne

STEWART, Margaret 1 3

  • Born: About 1744
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Charles 4th Earl of Aboyne on 22 April 1759 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2 3
  • Died: 12 August 1762 1 2

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  General Notes:

Margaret was the daughter of her father's second wife.


Margaret married Charles GORDON 4th Earl of Aboyne, son of John GORDON 3rd Earl of Aboyne, Jacobite 1715 and Grace LOCKHART, on 22 April 1759 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1 2 3 (Charles GORDON 4th Earl of Aboyne was born about 1727 2 and died on 28 December 1794 in St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, Scotland 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
CHARLES EARL OF
MARGARET STEWART/FR53 (FR53)
22/04/1759
685 / 1
490 / 78
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages


Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Edinburgh
Marriages

"22 April 1759

The Right Honble Charles Earl of Aboyne in old kirk parish and the Right Honble Lady Margaret Stuart Daughter to the Right Honble Alexr Earl of Galloway now in old Grayfriars parish"




"Charles (Gordon), fourth Earl of Aboyne, succeeded his father 1732. His Lordship devoted his life to the improvement of his estates, in which he was eminently successful, obtaining the respect and esteem of his tenants and neighbours. The Earl died in St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, 28 December 1794, in his sixty-eighth year. He married, first, at Edinburgh, 22 April 1759, Margaret, daughter of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Galloway. She died 12 August 1762. By her he had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"Margaret (Stewart), married, 22 April 1759, to Charles Gordon, fourth Earl of Aboyne, and died at Aboyne Castle 12 August 1762, leaving issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2 3 4

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

4 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh parish Edinburgh Marriages.

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