STEWART, John of Belladrum, MP for Beverley (1826-1830) 1 2 3
- Born: 29 May 1784 1
- Baptised: 14 June 1784, Mortlach parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2 3
- Marriage (1): FRASER, Jamesina Grant on 15 December 1814 1
- Died: 5 March 1873, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London, England 1
User ID: G641.
General Notes:
"STEWART
JOHN
THOMAS STEWART/ANNE GORDON
M
14/06/1784
162 10 / 243
MORTLACH"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Mortlach parish Banffshire
Baptisms
"Baptised 1784
June 14th
Stewart
John lawful son of Lieut. Thomas Stewart and Mrs. Anne Gordon in Keithmore Lieut. John McGrigor in Pittyvaich & Ensign Francis Grant at Manse of Mortlach were witnesses"
"James Fraser, younger of Belladrum, was active in Demerara and Berbice from at least the early 1790s. [....] James Fraser sold his Belladrum estate in 1828 to a Mr Stewart, who paid £80,000, but a court case followed in which Stewart successfully claimed that Fraser had misrepresented the value of the estate [Inverness Courier, 5 January 1831]. Fraser was bankrupt later in the year [Inverness Courier, 12 October 1831]."
from Slaves and Highlanders website 2 3 4
John married Jamesina Grant FRASER on 15 December 1814.1 (Jamesina Grant FRASER was born about 1790.)
Marriage Notes:
"(John Stewart) b. 29 May 1784, s. of Thomas Stewart of Keithmore, Aberdeen and Ann, da. and h. of Francis Gordon of Mill and Kincardine, Aberdeen. m. 15 Dec. 1814, Jamesina, da. of Capt. Simon Fraser of Fanellon, Inverness, wid. of Lt.-Col. William Campbell of 78 Ft., 2s. d.v.p. 2da. d. 5 Mar. 1873."
from History of Parliament
"Captain James Fraser of Fanellan died in or before 1793, when his eldest son was his heir. His wife, Mary Hutchinson Fraser, died 6 July 1805. They had issue three sons and several daughters. Of the daughters, the youngest, Jamesina Grant, was married ( 1) to Lieutenant-Colonel William Campbell of the 78th Regiment, brother of Angus Campbell of Ensay; and (2) to John Stewart, who purchased the estate of Belladrum."
from Some Fraser Pedigrees 1 5
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