William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich and Factor of Breadalbane

1754 - 1838  (83 years)

• Name	William Stewart
  Suffix	8th of Ardvorlich and Factor of Breadalbane
  Born	10 Jun 1754	Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Jun 1754	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Died	26 Feb 1838	Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Buried	Stewart of Ardvorlich Family Cemetery, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I18785	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Stewart, 5th in Balimeanach and 7th of Ardvorlich,   b. Abt 20 Nov 1707, Balimeanach, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1770, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 18 Feb 1714, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Maxton, of Cultoquhey,   b. 16 Apr 1769, Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Oct 1853, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1797	Comrie, Perthshire, and Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Robert Stewart, 9th of Ardvorlich,   b. 25 Aug 1799, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 16 Jul 1854  (Age 54 years)  [natural]   2. James Stewart,   b. Abt 25 Dec 1800, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 Mar 1809, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 8 years)  [natural]   3. John Stewart,   b. Abt 3 Sep 1802, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 29 May 1834, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 31 years)  [natural]   4. Major William Murray Stewart,   b. Abt 27 Mar 1804, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 29 Jul 1853, Bénarès, Savanne, Mauritius  (Age ~ 49 years)  [natural]   5. Marjory Stewart, of Ardvorlich Cottage,   b. 27 Aug 1805, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Dec 1878, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   6. Anthony Stewart,   b. 23 Nov 1807, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1827, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 19 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F4828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William is referred to as "the present Mister Stewart" in the following entries from Stewarts of the South: "The old Branch of the Ardvorlich family (and sometimes Macorriston) became extinct when the present Mr Stewart's father became heir." "Robert Stewart, Taxman of Balmenoch, father to the present Mr Stewart. When he was born there was thirteen between him and the (Ardvorlich) estate. It was with some difficulty he got the estate at all as he was not an active man himself. This family were called the House of Balmenoch, of which farm they had a wadset or feu, of which they were dispossessed in an unlawful way by Robert of the first branch (6th Laird), a rude and unruly man." William Stewart served as Chamberlain and Factor to the Earl of Breadalbane at Edinample Castle, located just west of Ardvorlich on the south shore of Loch Earn. Capt. James Stewart, author of Stewarts of the South, has some less-than-kind comments about William Stewart of Ardvorlich in reference to the eviction of his cousin, John Stewsart, 6th in Balimeanach: "John Stewart, Balemeanoch, of the above family and property [Ardvorlich]. A decent friendly good man but more innocent than active. [Pays annual rent of] £150. Ardvorlich has given him a charge of removal this year to his great shame, his father being the occasion of keeping the Estate to them being a more active man than Ardvorlich's father and this is the reward of his great service. Ardvorlich like many great men of the world has got his good character very cheap and as other that get a bad character undeserved, for if he is once injured he knows not how to forgive and forget. Certainly Ardvorlich is an honest man but that cannot secure him from censure on that account, for Justice, Mercy and Charity ought to go hand in hand without which no other accomplishment can constitute a good man for we have from Scripture do Justice love mercy and walk humbly before thy God (Malachi). I have no business to interfere in this or to depreciate his Character further than to tell my opinion of him every man being allowed to judge for himself if they don't interfere with state affairs." He succeeded his father in 1770. He married on 19 August 1797, to Helen, eldest daughter of James Maxton, 11th of Cultoquhey. He died at Ardvorlich, in March of 1838. She survived him and died at Ardvorlich, on 11 October 1853. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)