Elizabeth Stewart, Heiress of Glenbuckie

1735 - Bef 1804  (< 68 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Stewart  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Heiress of Glenbuckie
  Born	16 Aug 1735	Benmore, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 1804	Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I16131	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	Margaret Stewart, of Ardsheal,   b. Abt 1700, Ardsheal, Appin, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1725
  Family ID	F4482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Stewart, 1st of Clach Glas 2nd of Craigrui 14th of Glenbuckie,   b. Abt 28 Jul 1718, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1781, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	Abt 1768
  Children	1. Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 12 Nov 1768, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1781, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 12 years)  [natural]   2. John Stewart,   b. Abt 23 Mar 1770, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1772, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 1 years)  [natural]   3. Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 4 Jun 1771, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. John Stewart, 15th of Glenbuckie,   b. Abt 19 Aug 1772, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. James Stewart,   b. Abt 8 Dec 1773, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Helen Stewart,   b. Abt 3 Mar 1775, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. Alexander Stewart,   b. Abt 18 Jul 1776, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 16 May 1781, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When Elizabeth's full brother John Stewart, 13th of Glenbuckie, died she inherited Glenbuckie. According to Stewarts of the South, Betty married David Stewart of Craig Ruidh, Balquhidder of the Stewarts of Glenogle, Cloichglas, or Hyndfield, of the Gartnafuaran family. Thus David Stewart of Craig Ruidh became 14th of Glenbuckie. When Elizabeth died, Glenbuckie passed to her son, John Stewart, who became 15th of Glenbuckie. 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 her half-brother, Capt. Duncan Stewart. On Elizabeth's death when the estate passed fully into John's care, Meanwhile, Dr. David Stewart in Auchnahard, son of Alexander Stewart, 10th of Glenbuckie, attempted unsuccessfully to reclaim Glenbuckie. So reviled was Elizabeth for her part in swindling the estate of Glenbuckie away from its rightful heirs that the author of Stewarts of the South described her as "a daughter named Betty, a half idiot, [who] succeed her brother in the estate being heir-at-law" and later in the document could only bring himself to refer to her as "a lady of the name of Stewart in our country, whose name I shall not mention here." Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "Elizabeth Stewart of Glenbuckie, succeeded her brother John on his death and was served heir to him in the lands of Glenbuckie on 17 February 1768. She married David Stewart of Craigruaidh." MacGregor also shows only one marriage for David Stewart of Craigrui and shows Grisel and Elizabeth Stewart as the same person.

  
  

• Sources

  [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=13005909&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 Captain John Glas Stewart of Benmore https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=372124339290&indiv=try