Sir Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avandale and Lord High Chancelor
1425 - 1488 (63 years)
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Name Andrew Stewart Title Sir Suffix 1st Lord Avandale and Lord High Chancelor Born 1425 Scotland 
Gender Male Birth Abt 1425 Antrim, Ireland Died 1488 Scotland Person ID I15182 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 12 Feb 2025
Father Sir Walter Stewart, of Fife, b. Abt 1395, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 24 May 1425, Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 30 years) Relationship natural Mother Unknown Campbell, b. UNKNOWN, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F4741 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Lindsay, b. Abt 1430, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Children 1. Elizabeth Stewart, b. UNKNOWN, d. UNKNOWN [natural] Last Modified 12 Feb 2025 Family ID F4095 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Andrew returned from Ireland at the behest of his grandmother, Isobel, Countess of Lennox. He came into favour with the King and was created Lord Avandale in 1459. After the death of James II, Andrew was appointed Lord High Chancellor. He obtained letters of legitimation for his brothers. He is recorded as dying without progeny. Modern readers should be reminded that this means without MALE children; he did have a daughter.
He was several times an Ambassador and in reward for his long and faithfull services to the Crown he had a grant of the Earldom of Lennox for his lifetime on 4 May 1471. He obtained legitimations for himself and his brothers Arthur and Walter, which passed the Great Seal on 17 April 1479 and resigned his Lordship of Avandale into the King’s hands for new infeftment with remainder to himself and the heirs male of his own body, whom failing, to his brothers Arthur and Walter and their heirs male respectively and seriatim. on 2 September 1479. (MacGregor)
- Andrew returned from Ireland at the behest of his grandmother, Isobel, Countess of Lennox. He came into favour with the King and was created Lord Avandale in 1459. After the death of James II, Andrew was appointed Lord High Chancellor. He obtained letters of legitimation for his brothers. He is recorded as dying without progeny. Modern readers should be reminded that this means without MALE children; he did have a daughter.