Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl
of Galloway (1694-1773)
Born circa 1694
Died 24 September 1773
Married (1) circa 1718
Lady Anne Keith, daughter of William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal
Died 1728
Married (2) 5 January 1729 Edinburgh
Lady Catherine Cochrane, daughter of John Cochrane, 4th
Earl of Dundonald and Lady Anne Murray
Born 1709
Died 15 March 1786 Bath
He was styled Lord Garlies from birth until in 1746 he became 6th Earl
of Galloway on the demise of his father. On 31 October 1716 Lord George
Murray described him as follows: "Lord Garlies is a mighty pretty gentleman,
and entirely loyal", loyal to the Stuarts he meant."If ever the occasion
offer, (he) will venture his life and fortune inhis Majesty's service".
In 1718 or 1719 he married Lady Anne Keith. When she died in 1728,
he married Lady Catherine Cochrane in January 1729 who---like her sisters
Anne, Duchess of Hamilton and Susan, Countess of Strathmore---was celebrated
for her beauty. From about 1743 until 1768 he was a Lord of Police; Grand
Master of Freemasons, 1757 until 1759; Lieutenant General and President
of the Council of the Royal Archers, 1765-1768.
Much later in life, Horace Walpole wrote of him as "a man indecently
Jacobite"; and in 1761 a Mrs. Delany found him "a thin, dismal looking
man". On 24 September 1773 he died at Aix in Provence
aged seventy-nine.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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