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- Dr. David Stewart was forced to flee from Scotland for his participation in the 1745 Jacobite uprising. He fled to France and was later able to return, whence he became a tacksman in Glenfinglas. He had no lawful children, but had several illegitimate children who all predeceased him.
After his father was murdered and his elder two brothers died in quick succession, David should have been next in line to inherit the Glenbuckie estate, however David had to flee to France after the collapse of the Jacobite rising and would likely have been considered forfeit because of his Jacobite allegience. His brother-in-law, John Stewart of Benmore, purchased the estate of Glenbuckie from David's ailing brother, Alexander Stewart, 12th of Glenbuckie. It is unclear whether John Stewart of Benmore took advantage of his brother-in-law's declining health to seize the estate or whether he genuinely felt that David was ineligible. John Stewart of Benmore subsequently died and the estate of Glenbuckie passed through a few hands in the Benmore family before finally coming into the possession of Capt. Duncan Stewart, brother of John Stewart of Benmore. Dr. David Stewart of the original Glenbuckie family tried unsuccessfully for the remainder of his life to reclaim Glenbuckie.
Stewarts of the South says: "[He] resided at Auchnard (Auchnahard) [and] had one half of Glenmain in Glenfinglas as a grazing place. [He also] had Brenchoil in tack, as his predecessors had it, after the Earl of Murray purchased it. Although he was too free with the bottle, he was in the way of redeeming Glenbuckie from his brother-in-law, [John Stewart of] Benmore, and intended to go to court [against the] lady of the name of Stewart in our country, whose name I shall not mention here. (A reference to Elizabeth Stewart of Benmore, sister of John Stewart of Benmore, see notes on David's sister, Mary Stewart.) Some years before he died, he went to Dunibuzzle to the Earl of Murray and drew a new lease of Glenfinglas. The tenants were afraid he would take the whole [property] in his own hand, but he brought a separate tack. Some friends said to him [that] they would not use him so, if they had in in their power. He answered, 'Compare me not to such men.'"
It also says. "[Alexander] sold the estate when [his brother], David, was absent in France. [This] David was a doctor and was obliged to go to France after the year 1745."
Stewarts of the South records that David had no lawful children but that he did have several natural children who all died before him, however, in his will he leaves fifteen pounds to each of his four named natural children, indicating that they were alive at his time of death.
Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, " David Stewart, b. on 22 February 1727, became a Doctor and was compelled to flee to France for his involvement in the Jacobite army during the uprising of 1745. Upon his return to Scotland he became a Tacksman on the lands of Glenfinglas and died without children. (sic)" David died without lawful children, but his will indicates that he had four natural children who were still alive when he wrote his will.
David's will contains a wealth of information on his extended family. It is currently being transcribed. It also lists the names of his natural children: "James Stewart my natural son, Walter Stewart my second natural son, Donald Stewart my third natural son, Agnes Stewart my natural daughter."
David's will also identifies James Stewart, younger of Tar, as factor "to the defunct." Why would David require a posthumous estate manager? He was one of the parties involved in the "Glen Affair" where the tenants in Glen Finglas were suing the dowager of the Earl of Moray over back-rent. David may have needed posthumous legal representation for this matter. Or he had also been suing to reclaim the estate of Glenbuckie. He may have required posthumous legal representation for that as well.
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1727 - 1768 (40 years)
