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ALEXANDER Stewart
Sir Alexander of Derneley
SIR ALEXANDER OF DERNELEY, left several sons. He married first Janet Turnbull of Minto and had at least one son with her. He married second Jonetta Keith, widow of David Hamilton of Cadzow, and daughter of Sir William Keith of Galston, and was granted his wife´s lands of Galston by John Stewart, Earl of Carrick and they had six children:
With Janet Turnbull -
a) William Stewart of Jedsworth, killed at the Battle of Homildon Hill. . Ancestor of the Earls of Galloway
with Jonetta Turnbull
b)Sir John JOHN , Sir John of Derneley. John Stewart of Darnley, Lord of Aubigny and Concressault, Count of Évreux (k. 12 February 1429) killed at the Battle of the Herrings.
c) Alexander Stewart of Torbane and Galston, ancestor of the Stewarts of Drumlay, Halrig, Raiss, and Shawood. Arms: of Stewart of Halrig.-Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver, in base a black bugle
d)Robert Stewart of Newtoun and Westoun, Stewarts of Barscube, Binnie, and Milton. Arms: of Stewart of Binnie, recorded 1880.-Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver between a red mullet in chief and a black hunting horn in base garnished and stringed red. CREST: A right hand holding a dagger, point downwards, proper. MOTTO: "Candide" (Lyon Register).
e)James Stewart
f)William, an "Escuyer,"William Stewart of Castlemilk, (k.12 February 1429) killed at the Battle of the Herrings
g)Janet Stewart, married Thomas Somerville, 1st Lord Somerville
Note.-The Stuarts of Castlemilk and their cadets of Arthurley, Craigs, Fettercairn, Finnart, and Torrence are thought to be descended from him, but the descent cannot be proved. Archibald Stuart of Castlemilk was created a Baronet 1668, but the title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet, 1797. Daniel Stuart, younger son of the first Baronet, was the father of Sir Wm. Stuart, who succeeded to the Wishart Baronetcy, but died without issue.
Arms: of Matthew Stuart of Castlemilk on detached Seal.A bend charged with a star in chief and surmounted by a fess chequy (Macdonald). Arms recorded 1672-77.Gold, a red bend surmounted by a fess chequy blue and silver. CREST: A right hand holding a sword proper. MOTTO: "Avant" (Lyon Register). [Plate IV., fig. 60.] (See 279).
Arms: of Stuart of Torrence as recorded 1673.-As Castlemilk, but with red crescent in sinister chief (Lyon Register). [Above left]
Arms: In 1879 Harrington-Stuart of Torrence, Lanarkshire, recorded: 1 and 4. Stuart af Torrence as above. 2 and 3. Black, a silver fret. CREST: A right hand grasping a sword proper. MOTTO: "Avant" (Lyon Register).
Arms: of M´Arthur-Stewart of Milton, recorded 1775.-1 and 4. Blue, a silver Maltese cross between three gold antique crowns. 2 and 3. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver within a black bordure charged with eight silver mascles. CREST: A greyhound couchant between two branches of bay proper. MOTTO: "Fide_et_opera" (Lyon Register).