Stewart Society

THOMAS Stewart

2nd Earl of Angus

Father , died: 1361

(81) THOMAS, SECOND EARL OF ANGUS (S.), who died 1361, left two daughters:-
a) Margaret, married Thomas, thirteenth Earl of Mar, and, later, described herself as Countess of Angus and Mar. By her brother-in-law, William, Earl of Douglas, she had a son, George Douglas, to whom she assigned the Earldom of Angus, and who was ancestor of the Dukes of Douglas and Dukes of Hamilton.
Arms: on her Seal, 1378.-Two shields, the one showing a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy (Mar), the other a fess chequy surmounted by a bend charged with three buckles (Stewart and Bonkyl) (Laing).
b) Elizabeth, married Sir Alexander Hamilton, and from this marriage descend the Hamiltons of Innerwick and the Earls of Haddington.
Arms: of Thomas, Earl of Angus, on Seal, 1357.-A fess chequy surmounted by a bend charged with three buckles. SUPPORTERS: Two winged lions sejant guardant (Laing). [Plate IV., fig. 59.] 1 and 4. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver, surmounted by a red bend charged with three gold buckles. 2 and 3. Gold, a red lion rampant debruised by a black ribbon (Abernethy) (Nisbet).