John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
(1735-1806)
Born 15 March 1735
Died 13 November 1806 Galloway House, Wigtown
Married (1) 14 August 1762
Lady Charlotte Mary Greville, daughter of Francis Greville,
1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke and Hon. Elizabeth
Hamilton
Born 6 July 1745
Died 31 May 1763 Edinburgh
Married (2) 13 June 1764 London
Anne Dashwood, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet
and Elizabeth Spencer
Born 1743
Died 8 January 1830 London
Being the fourth son, he became Lord Garlies only in 1746. When his
father died in 1773 he then became 7th Earl of Galloway. However, from
1761 until 1768 he was M.P. for Morpeth, and from 1768 until 1773 for Ludgershall.
He was a Lord of Police, 1768-1782; a Representative Peer for Scotland,
1774-1790; a Lord of the Bedchamber, 1784-1806; and Lord Lieutenant of
the county Wigtown, 1794-1806.
On 14 August 1762 he married the 17-year-old Lady Charlotte Mary Greville,
who died in her eighteenth year, 31 May 1763, in Edinburgh. On 13 June
1764 he married Anne Dashwood. According to the Gentlemen's Magazine, "He
was much devoted to agricultural pursuits, and was long remarkable for
his attendance at the opera". He died of gout in the stomach, at Galloway
House, county Wigtown, in his 71st year.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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