Capt. Duncan Stewart, 16th of Glenbuckie

1744 - 1831  (86 years)

• Name	Duncan Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Capt.
  Suffix	16th of Glenbuckie
  Born	22 Aug 1744	Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 1831	Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Glenbuckie House
  Person ID	I15936	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Capt. John Glas Stewart, 1st of Benmore and latterly of Ledcreich,   b. 5 Mar 1684, Acharn, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 16 Apr 1746, Culloden, Inverness, Scotland  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine MacNab, of Inschewin,   b. Abt 1725, Iniseoin, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1750
  Family ID	F4481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Campbell, of Kilberrty,   b. Abt 1760, Scotland ,   d. 1794  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	Bef 1795
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Stewart,   b. 1770, Ardshiel, Argyle, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	22 Aug 1796	Lismore, Argyll, Scotland   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Ann Irvine Stewart,   b. 3 Jul 1797, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 17 Nov 1833, Niemush, India  (Age 36 years)  [natural]   2. Catherine MacNab Stewart,   b. 21 Aug 1798, Limecraigs, Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 13 Feb 1867, Polingolama, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   3. John Lorne Stewart, 1st of Breachacha and Knockrioch 17th and last of Glenbuckie,   b. 12 Jul 1800, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 3 Jul 1878, Coll, Argyll, Scotland  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   4. Lt. Col. Charles Alexander Stewart, HEICS,   b. 12 Feb 1803, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 22 Jul 1876, Bellgrove, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   5. Margaret Emily Stewart,   b. 13 Aug 1804, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 2 Apr 1861  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   6. Charlotte Sophia Stewart,   b. 28 Feb 1807, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 21 Apr 1887, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   7. Mary Stewart,   b. 20 May 1809, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Duncan Stewart, in Buenos Ayres,   b. 2 Jan 1813, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Jan 1850, Montevideo Chico, Paysandu, Uruguay  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Duncan was Chamberlain and Provost of Kintyre and Factor to John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll and Marquis of Lorne. One commentator wrote "It says much for the Duke of Argyll's generosity that he appointed a Stewart, of Appin blood, as his Chamberlain, so soon after the '45." The late Major John Stewart of Ardvorlich in "The Stewarts" (VIII.4, pp 314-5) explained that John Glas Stewart had a son John who sold Benmore and bought Glenbuckie. His full sister Elizabeth succeeded and when she died Duncan, a half brother, his mother being a McNab, was one of her Trustees. Duncan Stewart, who had not a drop of Glenbuckie blood, acquired that estate from the Trustees. He himself had resigned as a Trustee to complete the purchase and some apparently regarded the transaction as rather questionable. Duncan's nephew, John Stewart, 15th of Glenbuckie, inherited Glenbuckie from his mother (Duncan's half-sister, Elizabeth). John is described in Stewarts of the South as a poor manager and a big spender and was at risk of spending the full worth of the estate. To protect herself against bankruptcy, Elizabeth bound herself to several tutors including Duncan Stewart. On Elizabeth's death when the estate passed fully into John's care, Duncan "stepped aside" to allow his nephew, John, to get himself into financial trouble, and then Capt. Duncan Stewart stepped in and purchased the estate of Glenbuckie in 1804. Duncan then had John unceremoniously evicted from the property. To add insult to injury, Duncan then replaced John with John's own former tenants, giving the appearance of elevating them in status to be equal to their previous laird. "Deaths - At Glenbuckie House, Perthshire, on the 28th ult. Duncan Stewart, Esq. of Glenbuckie, in the 86th year of his age." -- Wednesday 6 July 1831.

  
  

• Sources

  [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Ann Irvine Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=18293632&indiv=try [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Lorn Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=19067143&indiv=try [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Margt. Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=16921320&indiv=try [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Charlotte Sophia Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=4391860&indiv=try [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Chas. Alexander Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=13014557&indiv=try [S295] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Margaret Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=456947&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Margaret Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=372124340903&indiv=try