William Stewart of Monkton

William Stewart of Monkton (died 1588) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.

He was a son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree and Agnes Cunningham. His elder brother was James Stewart, Earl of Arran and his sister Margaret Stewart married John Knox.

His estates were at Monkton, Ayrshire and Carstairs. In November 1584 James VI granted him a pension from the lands of Whithorn Priory which had previously been paid to his sister-in-law, Margaret Stewart, Mistress of Ochiltree.[1] He was Provost of Ayr in 1585.

He was keeping custody of Lord Maxwell in Robert Gourlay's house in Edinburgh, when Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell killed him on Blackfriar's Wynd in July 1588.[2]

Family

He married Helen Cunningham. Their children included a son William, and a daughter Margaret.

Others called William Stewart

William Stewart of Monkton can be confused with his contemporaries: Sir William Stewart of Houston known as Colonel Stewart, the king's valet William Stewart, Sir William Stewart of Traquair, and with Sir William Stewart of Caverstoun, who was Captain of Dumbarton Castle.[3]

References
  1. Gordon Donaldson, Register of the Privy Seal: 1581-1584, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 441 no. 2521.
  2. Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), pp. 587-8.
  3. Gordon Donaldson, Register of the Privy Seal: 1581-1584, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 400 no. 2310.
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