Membership Benefits
Membership Benefits
The Stewart Society Library
The library of The Stewart Society comprises of more than 2,500 volumes, besides many periodicals, pamphlets and ephemera. All Stewart and Jacobite subjects are covered, as is the broad sweep of Scottish history. Categories of books include the published volumes of the Public Records of Scotland and a nearly complete run of the publications of the Scottish History Society. There are sections on heraldry, genealogy, bookplates, the Jacobite Risings, individual family histories and lots more. Members and researchers are welcome to consult the library and archive. Please email or call to make an appointment or if you have a query. The library catalogue is now online and can be accessed by members in the download section of the members’ area
The Library, and the Archive are in The Society's premises at: 53 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2HT.
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The Stewart Society Archive
The Stewart Society is the curator of a unique Archive of material of many kinds, mostly donated to the society over the last hundred years. It includes family papers of over 200 Stewart families. The Archive has family trees, genealogies, birth briefs, heraldic items, manuscript family histories and much more, all available to anyone researching into Stewart family history. Most of the material is unique and therefore not available elsewhere. The archive also contains all the Stewart magazines published by the Society since it's foundation in 1899. An index is available which enables readers to refer to articles written between 1899 and the 2000s . An index of the volumes 1- 19 is available to members, in the members’ download section.
To consult the archive or the Index of the Stewarts (of the sections not yet online or if you are not a member) please call or email using the contact details above. Photocopies or pdfs of any article from the magazine are available to members free of charge (there will be a small charge to cover the cost of postage for photocopies).
The Annual Gathering
The Society holds a Gathering of members, their friends and families in August or September each year usually in Scotland, but not always - at a Stewart house or other places of Stewart interest or connections.
The Magazine and Newsletter
The magazine is published annually and is an extremely professional publication containing articles on subjects of general or specific Stewart interest, book reviews, an account of the previous year's Gatherings, etc.There is also a newsletter which appears twice a year which you can receive on paper or electronically.
The Stewart Society Benevolent Fund
Since 1910 The Society has operated a special fund which is now a registered charity, called The Stewart Society Benevolent Fund, it aims to assist students and other young Stewarts with their studies and careers and to give help financial or otherwise. A special relationship has been developed with the University of St. Andrews (in Fife, Scotland) by which Stewart undergraduates attending that university may receive Bursary Awards (currently worth about £250 per year for any one student) under the Stewart-St. Andrews Bursary Awards scheme. Small grants may be available to students in Further or Higher education including the Open University in Scotland to enable them to pursue particular interests or studies.
