The Stewart Society

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Please note that our Secretary and archivist sometimes  may be working from home.  Please check before visiting to avoid disappointment

Copley Portraits

These magnificent portraits of Duncan Stewart of Ardsheal and Appin and his wife, Anne Erving by John Singleton Copley are now on loan to Scone Palace, Perth and can be seen there in the Ambassador's room.

The Stewart Gathering 2019

After a very successful Gathering this year in St Andrews, we are happy to announce that the 2019 Gathering will be held on the weekend beginning Friday the 6th of September in Elgin, Moray.  To register your interest please email the Secretary on info@stewartsociety.org

You can see previous Gatherings in our photo gallery.

The Stewarts

The annual magazine & summer newsletter are out.  We apologse and due to an error in type setting.  Peter Pinniski's fascinating article is not all it should be.  To correct  that we have made a correct version available in the members' download section on the website so you can download it and read it. 
If you require extra copies of the magazine then it is £5 plus P&P or you can pick an extra copy up from the office.
There are some copies of previous years available to buy at £3 (not all years please check) or specific articles can be sent as pdfs or photocopies to members and interested researchers. There may be a small charge for postage to non-members. Ask the secretary about magazines.
Pictures (of the Gathering, your Stewart events and so on), family annoucements, book reviews and articles are welcome for both the next Newsletter - out in November/December 2018 and the magazine out in May 2019

Bannockburn Genetic Genealogy Project

The University of Strathclyde have provided some very interesting results relating to individuals who share the same common ancestor - including Walter, the High Steward. Read more about the Bannockburn Genetic Genealogy Project and how to go about your own DNA test.

Marker for male line descendants of King Robert III (1337-1406):
The results of the Big Y test for a documented male line descendant of Sir John Stewart of Blackhall & Ardgowan, d. c.1412, an illegitimate son of King Robert III, have now been received and analysed. Alex Williamson, author of The Big Tree http://www.ytree.net/ has identified a new SNP carried by this individual, which has been given the name ZZ52. Our two other Big Y test results, that is one for Earl Castle Stewart, a descendant of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and the other for a documented descendant of Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute, do not carry this SNP. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute are both brothers of King Robert III. This means that ZZ52 must have occurred in Robert III or one of his male line descendants. In other words, ZZ52 is a distinct marker identifying descendants of Robert III.

St Andrew's Stewart Bursars 2017/18

The St Andrew's Bursars for the academic year 2017/18

The picture shows. the President, Geordie Burnett-Stuart, Vice President, Lord Stewart and Council member Aubyn Stewart-Wilson meeting the bursars in November of 2017. The Stewart Society Benevolent Fund supports Stewart students at St Andrew's University with a small grant each year.
We look forward to meeting the  bursars for 2018/19 on the 6th Novmber 

Small grants may also be available for Stewart/Stuart students at other universities and institutions seeking to further their studies through travel, additional studies or other means.

Please apply for further details to the secretary

Members' Downloads

Available for download - is the Index of the Magazine volumes 1-19.  Further volumes will be coming soon 
The library catalogue and a list of the family trees and other family information that we hold are also available