James Stewart, 4th of Ardvorlich Chamberlain to the Earl Moray
1655 - 1698 (43 years)
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Name James Stewart Suffix 4th of Ardvorlich Chamberlain to the Earl Moray Born 1655 Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Occupation Chamberlain to Earl Moray of Tullibardine Occupation Governor of Doune Castle Occupation 1690 Justice of the Peace for Perthshire Died Dec 1698 Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Buried Stewart of Ardvorlich Family Cemetery, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I16495 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Robert Stewart, 3rd of Ardvorlich, b. Abt 7 Nov 1625, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1680, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Jean Drummond, of Comrie, b. Abt 1635, Comrie, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Dec 1662, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 27 years) Relationship natural Family ID F4661 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Buchanan, of that Ilk, b. Abt 25 May 1651, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Married Abt 1682 Perthshire, Scotland Children 1. Marie Stewart, b. Abt 15 Jun 1680, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Robert Stewart, 5th of Ardvorlich, b. Abt 6 May 1681, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. Jan 1751, Scotland (Age ~ 69 years) [natural]3. Major David Stewart, in Ballachallan and MacOrriston Forester of Glenfinglas, b. Abt 9 Apr 1684, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Nov 1746, Tollbooth, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age ~ 62 years) [natural]4. James Stewart, of McCorriston, b. Abt 14 Mar 1685, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1 May 1705, Scotland (Age ~ 20 years) [natural]5. Alexander Stewart, in Ardvorlich, b. Abt 1686, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1748 and 1751, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 62 years) [natural]6. William Stewart, b. Abt 1688, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Aft 1754, South Shields, Gateshead, Durham, England (Age ~ 67 years) [natural]7. Jean Stewart, b. 5 Jul 1691, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]8. Agnes Stewart, b. Abt 1695, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4347 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James Stewart resided primarily at McCorriston in Kilmadock pairish. He served as Chamberlain to the Earl Moray in which capacity he functioned as overseer of Doune Castle. In 1690 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Perthshire. "He was in the regiment commanded by Lord William Murray sent to Inverary to secure the Duke of Argyll's forfeited estates and was wounded in an ambush by a party of Camerons in which several other local gentlemen were killed." (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)
James' marriage to Elizabeth Buchanan was not very popular with the Buchanans. They charged that she had married beneath her station. However the marriage was approved by her uncle, Lord Cardross, which settled other family members' concerns.
Duncan Stewart (1739) says:
"James of Ardvorlich married Elizabeth, only daughter to John, last Laird of Buchanan, by his first lady, Mary, daughter to Henry, Lord Cardross. By her he had 1 Robert, now of Ardvorlich, 2 Alexander, 3 David, 4 William, and several daughters."
Duncan Stewart does not mention James' son, James Stewart of McCorriston.
- James Stewart resided primarily at McCorriston in Kilmadock pairish. He served as Chamberlain to the Earl Moray in which capacity he functioned as overseer of Doune Castle. In 1690 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Perthshire. "He was in the regiment commanded by Lord William Murray sent to Inverary to secure the Duke of Argyll's forfeited estates and was wounded in an ambush by a party of Camerons in which several other local gentlemen were killed." (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)