Stewart Society

HENRY Stewart

First Lord Methven

Father , died: 1547

(45) HENRY STEWART, second son of Andrew, Lord Avondale ANDREW , 1st Lord Avondale.

Born about 1495. Killed at Pinkie 1547.

In 1528 he married as his second wife the widow of King James IV. JAMES IV , King of Scotland, and divorced wife of Archibald, Earl of Angus, and was then created LORD METHVEN (S.).

Arms: of Lord Methven on Seal, 1551.-1 and 4. Scotland. 2. Stewart. 3. Lennox. En surtout, A lion rampant holding a castle in its paws (Methven) (Laing).
Lindsay shows the Arms.-1. Scotland. 2. Stewart. 3. Lennox. 4. Fife. All within a bordure compony silver and blue. En surtout, Red, a gold lion rampant holding a silver castle in its paws. [Plate II., fig. 32.] Burke gives the CREST: A silver tower. SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A green dragon; Sinister, A silver greyhound. MOTTO "Forward."

By his third wife, Jonet, daughter of John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, he had a son HENRY , Second Lord Methven