John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
- John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
John Stewart (1736–1806) was the seventh Earl of Galloway. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s.
The Earl, a Tory, was the target of two hostile poems by Robert Burns, "John Bushby's Lamentation" and "On the Earl of Galloway".
Galloway, a frequent opera-goer, was caricatured by James Gillray in "An Old Encore at the Opera!" of 1803.
His daughter Susan,b 1767 d 1841, who married George Spencer Churchill,b 1766 d 1840. John Stewart was born 1793 died 1857, he succeeded as the 6th Duke of Marlborough in 1840.George Spencer Churchill was allowed to use the name Churchill, in 1817 to perpetuate the surname of Susan's ancestor, John the 1st Duke of Marlborough.
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