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Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre

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and take him to England on 3 April 1591. This caused a riot in Glasgow, because the arrest was thought likely to damage the Irish trade, and Blantyre and Carmichael were cursed as "Queen Elizabeth's knights" and the king for taking "English
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wrote in April 1597 that his health was weakening and it was feared that he was bewitched. In 1599 he was imprisoned and compelled to resign by James VI, influenced by a group of courtiers in king's bedchamber.
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In May 1580 twenty five gentlemen were appointed as "pensioners to attend the King's Majesty at all times on his riding and passing to the fields". The riding entourage included Stewart with,
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Walter Stewart married Nicola Somerville, daughter of Sir James Somerville of Cambusnethan and Katherine Murray, in December 1582. Their children included;
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Amy L. Juhala, 'For the King Favours them Very Strangely', in, Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid,
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Blantyre fell off his horse and broke his leg in Edinburgh in February 1597, and while he recovered
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Paul Goatman, 'James VI, noble power and Glasgow', in, Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid,
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Between 1587 and 1593 Walter Stewart held the barony of Glasgow, in place of the young
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In July 1602 Blantyre joined a committee of "4 Stewarts" to arbitrate between the
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from 1596, and Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599. He was a commissioner for
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In July 1593 he was appointed to a council to manage the estates and finances of
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Julian Goodare, 'The Octavians', in Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven Reid,
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He was a commissioner for union with England in 1604. He was created
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Sir James Stewart, Master of Blantyre (died 1609), married
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Anne Stewart, who had a daughter Margaret Hamilton with
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to a house in Dumbarton town, then to Blantyre's own
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Blantyre was responsible for the prisoner, a son of
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Scottish
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Treasurer of Scotland
King James VI
George Buchanan
Stirling Castle
Cardonald
Blantyre
Octavian
union with England
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond
Sir John Stewart of Minto
James Stewart of Cardonald
Clan Stewart
Earl of Galloway
Captain James Stewart
Captain Crawford
Master of Cathcart
Roger Aston
John Carmichael
James Anstruther
Patrick Hume of Polwarth
John Stewart of Baldynneis
Duke of Lennox
Provost of Glasgow
John Carmichael
Brian O'Rourke
angels
annuity or subsidy

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