6 GALLOWAY
II. 1649. 2. James (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c. [S.], 21 but 1st surv. b. and h. He was v.p , cr. a Baronet [S.], 18 April 1627, as " of Corsewell." He was served heir to his br. abovenamed, 5 Sept. 1643, being then styled Lord Garlies, till he suc. to the peerage [S.] in 1619. He was constant to the Royal cause and was fined £4,000 under Cromwell's "act of grace" in 1654. He m, in 1642, Nicola, da. of Sir Robert Grierson, of Lag. co. Dumfries. He d. June 1671.
III. 1671. 3. Alexander (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c. [S.], s. and h., styled Lord Garlies, 1649, till he suc. to the peerage [S.] in June 1679. He m. Mary, 1st da. of James (Douglas), 2d Earl, of Queensberry [S.], by his second wife, Margaret, da. of John (Stewart), 1st Earl of Traquair [S.] He d. at Edinburgh Sep. 1690, and was bur. 2 Oct. in the Earl of Moray's tomb in St. Giles' church there. Funeral entry at Lyon office.
IV. 1690. 4 Alexander (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c.[S.], s. and h., styled Lord Garlies, 1671 till he suc. to the Peerage [S.] in Sep. 1690. He d. unm. 1694, and was bur. with his father.
V. 1694. 5. James (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c. [S.], br. and h. He suc. to the Peerage [S.] in 1694, and took his oaths and seat in Parl. 27 May 1695; a commissioner of the treasury and P.C. [S.], 1706; an opponent of the Union, but held the office of one of the Lords of police [S.] till 1710. He m. about 1691 Catharine, 1st da. of Alexander (Montgomerie), Earl of Eglintoun [S.], by his first wife, Margaret, da. of William Cochrane, styled Lord Cochrane. She d. Dec. 1737. He d. at Glasserton 16 Feb. 1745/6. Funeral entry at Lyon office.
VI. 1746. 6. Alexander (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c. [S.] s. and h. styled Lord Garlies, 1694-1746; one of the Lords of Police [S.], 1740; suc to the Peerage [S.] 16 Feb. 1745/6. He m. firstly in or before 1719, Anne, 2nd da. of William (Keith), 9th Earl Marischal [S.], by Mary, da. of James (Drummond), 4th Earl of Perth [S.]. She d. 1728. He m. secondly, in 1729, Catharine 3d and yst. da. of Johu (Cochrane), 4th Eakl of Dundonald [S.], by his first wife, Anne, da. of Charles (Murray), 1st Earl of Dunmore [S.] He d. 24 Sep. 1773 in his 79th year at Aix, in Provence, France (a). Will pr. Feb. 1774. His widow d 15 March 1786, at Bath.(b)
VII. 1773. 7 John (Stewart), Earl of Galloway, &c. [S.], 3d but 1st surv. s. and h.,(c) being 1st s. by the second wife; b. 13 March 1736; styled Lord Garlies, 1738-71; M.P. for Morpeth, 1761; for Ludgershall, 1768. He suc. to the Peerage [S.], 24 Sep. 1773; was one of the Lords of Police, 1774; Rep. Peer [S.], 1774-90; K.T., 1 Nov. 1775. He was a supporter of the Pitt ministry in 1783; one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, 1784, and was cr. a peer of Great Britain, 6 June 1796, as BARON STEWART OF GARLIES, in the Stewartry of Kircudbright. He m. firstly, 14 Aug. 1762, Charlotte Mary, 3d da. of Francis (Greville), 1st Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth, da. of Lord Archibald Hamilton. She, who was 4. 6 July 1745, d. s.p.s. at Edinburgh (as "Lady Garlies") in her 18th year, 31 May 1763. He m. secondly, 13 June 1764, at St. Geo. Han. Sq, Anne, 2d da. of Sir James Dashwood, 2d Bart., of Kirtlington, by Elizabeth, da. aud coheir of Kdward Spencer, of Rendlesham, co. Suffolk. He d. 13 Nov. 1806, at Galloway House, co. Wigtown, in his 71st year, aud was bur. the 27th at Sorbie. Will pr. 1807. His widow d. 8 Jan. 1830, in Davies street, St. Geo. Han. sq., aged 87. Will pr. Jan. 1830.
(a) Under the act abolishing heritable jurisdictions, 1747, he received £321 (in lieu of his claim for £6,000) for "the bailiary of regality of Whithorn and Stewartry of Garlies."
(b) She, as well as her two sisters, Anne, Duchess of Hamilton [S.], and Susan. Countess of Strathmore [S] was celebrated for her beauty.
(c) His elder br. (of the half blood) Alexander Stewart, Master of Garlies, b. 26 Aug. 1719, d. v.p. aud num. in 1738 at Aix la Chapelle before his father had suc. to the Earldom.
