GALLEN-RIDGEWAY — GALLOWAY. 5 GALLEN-RIDGEWAY. Barony [I.] Sir Thomas Ridceway, Bart, (who had been cr. a J l(;ifi Baronet, 25 Nov. 1611, as of Tor, CO. Devon}, was cr. by pi ivy seal, dat. at Newmarket 19 Feb. 1615/6 (■'), and by pat. at Dublin 25 Viscountcy [I.] May 1610, LORD 1UDGEWAY, BARON OP GALLEN- j jgoo RIDGEWAY [I.] He was, subsequently, on 22 Aug. 1622, cr. VISCOUNT GALLEN-RIDGEWAY of Queen's County, and EARL OF LONDONDERRY [I.] See "Londonderry" Earldom [I.], or. 1622; ex. 1711. GALLOWAY. (The ancient Lords of Galloway,( b ) who existed as early as the 12th century, came to an end with Alan, Lord of Galloway, Constable [S.], who d. s.p.m., 1 233, leaving 3 daughters and coheirs, of whom one, Devorgilda (da. of his second wife, Margaret of Scotland") was mother of John Baliol, King of Scotland, 1292-96. The Lordship of Galloway was granted (1) by King Robert I. [S.], about 1310, to his br. Edward (Bruce), Earl of Carrick [S.], who d. s.p. 1318. (2, by King David II. [S.J, in 130S to Archibald Douglas, afterwards [138S— 1 100], Earl of Douglas in whose family it continued till their forfeiture, after which, by act of Pari. [S.], -1 Aug. 1455, it was annexed to the crown.] Earldom [S.] J, Sir Alexander Stewart,( c ) of Gariies, co. Wigton, I 1 G23 s - an< * n ' °* A ' eXiim t c r, S.j «f the same, by his first wife, Christian, da. of Sir William Douglas, of Drumlanrig, was b. about 15^0; sue. his father, 9 Oct. 1596 ; and, having been knighted, was cr. 19 July 1607, ( ,l ) LORD OF GARLIES [S.], to him and the heirs male of his body succeeding to the estate of Gariies, and was, on 19 Sep. 1623, cr. EARL OF GALLOWAY [S.J, to him and his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He was P.C. to James I. and Charles I., being a loyal adherent to the latter King. He m., 16 Oct. 1600 (being then under age), Grizel, da. of Sir John Gordon, of Lochinvar. He d. 1649. [Alexander Stewart, styled Lord Garlies, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 1609. He m. 29 Dec. 1627, at Chelsea, Midx. (lie. from Bp. of London, he aged 18, and she 15), Anne, da. of Charles (Howard), 1st Eahl of Nottingham, by his second wife, Margaret, da. of James (Stewart), Earl of Moray [S.] He m. secondly (contract 15 July 1633), Margaret, da. of William (Graham), Eahl of Menteth [S.], by Margaret Moiibray, his wife. He d. v.p., before May 1639. His widow m., before 5 Oct. 1643, Ludovic (Lindsay), 16th Earl of Crawford [S.], who d. s.p. probably in 1652.] [Alexander Stewart, sfylcd Lord Garlies, grandson and h. ap., being s. and h. of Alexander Stewart, styled Lord Garlies, by his second wife, Margaret, both abovenamed. He was served heir to his father, 2 May 1639, but d. young and unm. before his grandfather in 1612.] (») *' Tho King by his said letters directed that he should have the precedency of the two other Lords Barons, viz, Baron Brabazon and Baron Moore." Note.— For Brabazou the privy seal is 14 Feb., tho' the patent not till 19 July 1616, and for Moore the privy seal is 15 Feb., and the patent 20 July 1616. (•>) See Borne account of these in " N. and Q." 3d s. ii, p. 466. (*) Some remarks respecting the " Question of the male representation of the Stewarts especially as affecting the families of Gallouay and Castlemilk" will be found in " Riddell," p. 809, note 4. An able article in Selby'a " Gencaloyist," vol. ii, pp. 81— 84, by "Joseph Bain, F.S. A., Scot." on "Sir William Stewart, of Jedworth, knight, ancestor of the Earl of Galloway," contains " Some new facts bearing on his probable origin." ( d ) The patent (printed in the appendix, p. 163 of 'The Genealogy of the Stewarts refuted,") which confers the title " JDominum de Garlics" recites his descent " ab anli<iitd domo dc Lennox."
