The ancient Stewart and Stuart families from
branches of;
Bonkyl, Aubigny,
Darnley & Lennox. (Including
other Stewart/Stuart family research and yDNA information).
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Welcome! Fàilte!
From as far back as I can recall, the family and our somewhat mysterious history,
have played a major role in my life. My first trip to Ardler, Scotland back in 1959,
was with my father Ian Graham MacLeod-Stuart (1911-1971). It was the only time I would ever meet his sister Anne Bruce
Mackenzie Stuart (1901-1979), and my father's nurse, Ms. Bella Dargie. From that moment forward, I was "hooked"
on my ancestry and always felt that Scotland was "ma tru hame".
NEW. April 2011. The 1911 census records for Scotland were released this month and the information for my grandfather,
grandmother, aunt and father were found, along with a local village girl of 18, named Bella Dargie (see above) who was
just a few years later, to become my aunt and fathers nanny! A copy will be posted in due course.
The search
for my brothers John Graham MacLeod Stuart and Hamish Graham MacLeod Stuart was where my journey began back
in 1983. Since that time, I have managed with the help of many societies, organizations, websites [see
Useful Research Links at the end of the navigation bar] and some remarkable individuals, to accumulate a large
amount of information, documentation, pictures and commentary, regarding our family from its early known roots in Campbeltown,
Argyllshire, to various countries around the globe. Please visit my "diary" page to learn more about my research to the present
day.
After
so many years of searching for living family, my joy is still beyond words. The continuous stream of news, has re-kindled
the flame which has burned in my heart for almost 50 years and gave me the incentive to begin this website.
The High Stewards of Scotland.
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1. Walter the Steward,
1st High Steward of Scotland (d. 1177)
2. Alan Stewart, 2nd High Steward of Scotland (1140-1204)
3. Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland (1198-1246)
4. Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland (1214-1283) 
Married Jean of Bute
and had issue: First born
son: James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland (1243-1309) 
Married Cecilia Dunbar Through their eldest son James the 5th High Steward, Alexander and Jean were the grandparents of Robert II, the first Stewart to be King of Scots, and thus ancestors of all subsequent Scottish monarchs (see Scottish Monarchs *) I
Second born son:
John Stewart (1245-1298) 
Married the heiress of
Bonkyl
 STEWART of BONKYL
Had issue, seven (7) sons and one (1) daughter, including: Alexander Stewart married Janet Keith of Galston Had issue,
three (3) sons, including: John Stewart of Darnley, Seigneur de Aubigny (1365-1429). (This is our connection to the Royal Stuarts) The Stewarts of Lennox were a junior branch of the
Stewart family; they were not, however, direct male line descendants of Robert II, the first Stewart who became King of Scots,
but rather that of his ancestor Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. In the past, through the means of the Auld
Alliance with France, they had adapted their surname to the French form, Stuart. Consequently, when
the son of the Earl of Lennox, Henry, Lord Darnley, married the Queen of Scots, Mary I, their son, as the first King of the
Lennox branch of the Stewart family, ruled as a Stuart
He married Elizabeth Lennox. I
LENNOX
John Stewart of Darnley, Seigneur de Aubigny (1365-1429) I This line continues to Ludovic
Stuart 2nd Duke of Lennox and his illegitimate son I Lord John Stuart of Methven. Also
made Admiral of the Western Seas of Scotland from Galloway Bay to the Mull of Kintyre by his father Ludovic. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scottish
Monarchs * (see above) --------------------------
King James II (1437-1460) King James III of Scotland (1451-1488) and Margaret of Denmark (1456-1486) King James IV
of Scotland (1473-1513) and Margaret Tudor (1489-1541) the sister of King Henry VIII (Margaret Tudor was the grandmother of both Mary Stuart and Henry Stuart Lord
Darnley) King James V of Scotland (1512-1542) and Mary
of Guise (1515-1560) Mary Stuart
- Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and her cousin and second husband, Henry Stuart - Lord Darnley (1545-1567). Their only son was: 
King James Stuart VI of Scotland
and I of England (1566-1625) Based on the evidence of our STEWART/STUART
family yDNA, we have matched with four (4) living descendants of King Charles II (grandson of King James Stuart VI of Scotland
and I of England shown above) thus confirming our connection to the early Stewart lineage.
Written
and edited by: Charles G MacLeod Stuart.
Some of our Stewart/Stuart family photographs and portraits.
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| Ludovick Stuart Duke of Richmond c. 1624 |
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| Lt. Robert Thompson Stuart 1789-1870 |
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| Archibald Stewart 1792-1851 |
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| Captain Archibald Stewart 1794-1881 |
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| John Stewart b. 1823-1883 |
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| Sept 2010. The missing information for the above is discovered! |
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| Lachlan Stewart 1830-1886 |
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| Joanna Stuart (nee MacLeod) 1838-1894 |
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| John Stewart 1852-1938 in his Masonic apron |
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| Samuel Lachlan Stewart b.1860 |
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| Mary Amelia Gatter (nee Stewart) 1864- |
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| John Blair Stewart. 1866-1935 |
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| Rev. Cpt. Archibald Graham Stuart 1866-1936 |
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| Laura BruceStuart, Anne Mackenzie Stuart and Ian MacLeod Stuart c. 1913 |
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| Donald Stewart b. 1869 Skipton, Australia. |
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| John Stuart 1870-1939 and his daughter Mary Marvin Stuart 1905-1924 |
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| Sheila Morley (nee MacLeod Stuart) 1907-2000 |
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| Ian G. MacLeod Stuart 1911-1971 |
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| John Alexander Stuart 1939 |
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| Robert Stewart and Family . Michigan USA |
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| David Stuart and Family. Ohio, USA |
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| Hiram Stewart and Family. Alabama, USA |
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| Jessie, Margaret, Samuel, Charles, Thomas, Ann and Mary Stewart.. New York, early 1875. |
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| Lachlan Stewart and children. New York, USA |
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| William Stewart at age 80. b. Campbeltown, Argyll 1814 d. Cache, Utah 1895 |
DEDICATIONS:
This site is dedicated to many members of our family, who lost their lives under
tragic circumstances.
Frances Margaret Stuart (1957-1989)
who is pictured here, the sister of Barbara
Maud and daughter of John Alexander Stuart 1918-1981 and Joyce Florence 1925-. Frances was taken from us at 32 years of age in a car accident, while driving near
Lagos, Nigeria on February 6th, 1989. Frances was working for the VSO on a two year mission at the time. My grandson, George Eric MacLeod Stuart (2010-2010) pictured below.
George was born on January 8th 2010 and died on April
11th, 2010. He lived for only 93 days before being taken from us. His cause of death has been listed
as SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). "A
beautiful ray of sunshine came into our lives for just a brief moment. That light has now gone, but has touched
our hearts forever". If you would like a relative to be remembered
here, please let Charles know so they may be added to this section. Keeping their memory alive in words and pictures, will keep them with us always.
"They will never know old age and their faces will remain
forever young, when we remember them".
As this is a constant "work
in progress", our children and their children must keep this record of all our families "alive" for future
generations and for those who will forever ask the question:
"What is your name"?
"Dè an t-ainm a tha oirbh"?
To which we can reply;
"We are the
Stewart's of Campbeltown"!
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| CLAN STEWART |
CREST: A pelican
Argent winged Or feeding its young Proper. MOTTO: Virescit vulnere virtus TRANSLATION: Courage grows strong
at a wound PLANT: Oak, thistle
GAELIC NAME: Stiubhard
ORIGIN OF NAME: From the High
Steward of Scotland
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