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JOHN Stewart
Heritable Sheriff of Bute
(64) SIR JOHN STEWART, "The_Black_Stewart," HERITABLE SHERIFF OF BUTE, natural son of King Robert II. ROBERT II, King of Scotland. He left issue
a) James Stewart, who succeeded his father as Sheri~ died without issue.
b) William of Fennok WILLIAM, of Fennok .
c) Robert.
d) John.
e) Andrew, ancestor of the Stewarts of Balinshangrie and Rosland.
Arms: of Stewart of Rosland, or Rosling, as recorded 1672-77.-Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver, in chief a red lion passant guardant. CREST: A blue anchor in pale, ensigned with a man´s heart proper. MOTTO: "Tam_fidus_quam_ fixus"(Lyon Register). [Plate IV., fig. 52.]
