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SIR WILLIAM STEWART (c. 1540—c. 1605)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 915 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:WILLIAM See also:STEWART (c. 1540—c. 1605)  , Scottish politician, began See also:life as a soldier in the See also:Netherlands, where he became a See also:colonel and entered into communications with See also:Lord See also:Burghley on the progress of affairs . In the See also:year 1582 he was in See also:Scotland, where See also:James VI. made him See also:captain of his guard . Having visited the See also:English See also:court in the See also:king's See also:interest in 1583, See also:Stewart helped to See also:free James from See also:William See also:Ruthven, See also:earl of See also:Gowrie, and to restore James Stewart, earl of See also:Arran, to See also:power; he was made a privy councillor and for a See also:time assisted Arran to govern Scotland . In 1584 he captured Gowrie at See also:Dundee . In 1585 he and Arran lost their power, and Stewart went to See also:Denmark and See also:France on See also:secret errands for the king . He commanded the See also:ships which conveyed James and his See also:bride See also:Anne from Denmark in 1590, and the same year was sent on an See also:embassy to the See also:German princes . Twice he went on See also:missions to the Netherlands, and in 1594 he was knighted and was given lands at See also:Houston . He died before 1606 . His only son, See also:Frederick (c . 1590-1625), who was created a peer as Lord Pittenweem in 16og, died childless in See also:December 1625 . See also:Sir William Stewart of Houston is often confused with Sir William Stewart of Monkton (d . 1588), a See also:brother of James Stewart, earl of Arran, who was killed in a fight in See also:Edinburgh in See also:July 1588, and also with Sir William Stewart of Caverstoun .

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