James
Stewart of Beith
formerly Stewart
Born in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alexander Vans [half], Margaret (Vause) Dunbar [half], Henry (Stewart) Stewart First Lord Methven, Anne (Stewart) Crawford, Barbara (Stewart) MacLeod, Alexander Stewart, William Stewart, Agnes (Stewart) Boswell, Andrew (Stewart) Stewart IIIrd Lord Avondale Ist Lord Ochiltree and John Vaus [half]
Husband of
Margaret Lindsay
— married
before 4 Jun 1533 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James (Stewart) First Lord Doune, Marjory Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Henry Stewart, Margaret Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart
Died
at about age 38
in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Biography
James (Stewart) Stewart of Beith is a member of Clan Stewart.
James Stewart was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
- Sir James Stewart of Beith was born before 1513. He was the son of Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avandale and Margaret Kennedy.
- He was Commendator of St. Colme's Inch. He held the office of Captain and Constable of Doune Castle in 1528. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King James V. He held the office of Steward of Menteith before 1538.
- He lived at Beith, Ayreshire, Scotland. (Not to be confused with Beath, Fife, Scotland).
- He died on 2 June 1544 at Dunblane, Scotland, killed.
Marriage
- He married Margaret Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres and Marion Baillie, before 4 June 1533. [1]
Children
- Children of Sir James Stewart of Beith and Margaret Lindsay
- Elizabeth Stewart
- James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune+3 b. c 1529, d. 20 Jul 1590
- Archibald Stewart
- Marjory Stewart
- Margaret Stewart
- Henry Stewart
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Accessed March 16 2020.>Margaret Lindsay, Vol 3, pg 186
See Also:
- The Heraldry of the Stewarts. Page 35. by George Harvey Johnston.
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p10928.htm#i109274
- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 140. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 273.
- BP2003 volume 2, page 2768. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
- BP2003. [S37]
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