Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
- Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (c. 1694–24 September 1773) was the son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway.
In 1719, he married Lady Anne Keith, the youngest daughter of the 8th Earl Marischal and they had one child:
*Lady Mary Stewart (d. 1751)
Lady Anne died in 1728 and Alexander married Lady Catherine Cochrane, the youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Dundonald {see Earl of Dundonald}, in 1729. They had seven children:
*Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 1805) She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford.
*John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736–1806)
*Admiral the Honourable Keith Stewart of Glasserton (1739–1795)
*Lady Margaret Stewart (d. 1762)
*Lady Charlotte Stewart (d. 1818) married John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
*Lady Catherine Stewart (c. 1750–?)
*Lady Harriet Stewart (d. 1788) She married Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton.
External links
* [http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/stewart.htm Stewart family tree]
* [http://www.kittybrewster.com/images/6thEarlofGalloway.jpgPortrait]
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