1ST EARI See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
STEWART See also:TRAQUAIR
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OF (d
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1659), Scottish statesman, was the son of See also:John See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, the younger, of See also:Traquair in See also:Peeblesshire, of a See also:branch, originally illegitimate, of the See also:house of See also:Buchan, and was created See also:Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and See also:earl of Traquair in 1633
.
He was appointed treasurer depute of See also:Scotland and an extraordinary See also:lord of session in 163o, and is said to have given the casting See also:vote against the second Lord See also:Balmerino at his trial in 1634, . but afterwards obtained his See also:pardon
.
From 1636 to 1641 he held the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of lord high treasurer of Scotland, and aided See also:Charles I. in introducing the See also:liturgy
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He endeavoured to prevent a conflict by impressing on the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king the See also:necessity of caution and the danger of extreme See also:measures against the rioters
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He was, however, compelled to publish Charles's See also:proclamation enforcing the use of the liturgy and forbidding hostile demonstrations on See also:pain of See also:treason (1638)
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This was followed by military measures in which Traquair assisted by secretly conveying munitions of See also:war to See also:Dalkeith See also:Palace
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He was, however, obliged to surrender the See also:place with the See also:regalia to the See also:Covenanters (See also:March 1639)
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After the treaty of See also:Berwick he was appointed the king's See also:commissioner to the See also:assembly at See also:Edinburgh (See also:August 1639), and he assented in See also:writing to the See also:act abolishing See also:episcopacy, but prevented its ratification by adjourning the opening of See also:parliament
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His apparent See also:double-dealing made him suspected by both parties, and in x641 the Scottish parliament issued a See also:warrant for his See also:arrest
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In his See also:absence he was sentenced to See also:death, but, although the king secured the remission of this See also:penalty, he was dismissed from his office of treasurer, and in 1644, for repairing to the See also:court and opposing the See also:covenant, he was declared an enemy to See also:religion and fined 40,000 marks
.
His son, Lord See also:Linton, whom he had sent to See also:Montrose with a See also:troop of See also:horse, withdrew on the See also:eve of the See also:battle of Philiphaugh (See also:September 1645) and it has been supposed that Traquair betrayed Montrose's plans to See also:Leslie
.
He was readmitted to parliament in 1646, raised See also:cavalry for the " engagement " between the king and the Covenanters, and was captured at See also:Preston (1648)
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He was released by See also:Cromwell in 1654, and died on the 27th of March 1659
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He was succeeded by his only son John (c
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1622-1666), whose descendants held the See also:title until 1861, when on the death of Charles, the 8th earl, it became dormant or See also:extinct
.
See also See also:Spalding, Memorialls (Spalding See also:Club); See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Balfour, See also:Annals (ed
.
Haig, 1824) ; See also:Diet
.
Nat
.
Biog. vol. liv
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