Sir William Stewart of Traquair (-20 May 1605)

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Father:1William Stewart of Traquair (-)
Mother:2Christian Hay (-)
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Died:320 May 1605
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He served heir to his brother 14 March 1594-95. He was knighted before 18 February1594-95, when he had a charter of the lands of Caberstoun, in Peebles. He had a grant of the lands of Gaithope and others, in Selkirk, 26 March 1595. He was one of the Gentlemen of the King's Bedchamber; Governor of Dumbarton Castle 1582; a Privy Councillor; and sat in Parliament for Peeblesshire from 1593 to 1604. He was one of the three friends of William, Earl of Gowrie, who accompanied him to the scaffold at his execution on 4 May 1584, and took charge of the burial of his body.4
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume VIII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911), Traquair, p. 399-400, William Stewart.
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3 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume VIII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911), Traquair, p. 400-01, William Stewart.
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