Stewart

Stewart is a common surname and is also used as a male first name. An alternative spelling is Stuart. The progenitor of the Stewart family was a Breton knight who settled in England after the Norman Conquest, where the family began a long tradition of intermarriage with another noble Norman family - the (de) Ferrer family. Within a few generations, his descendents, who had by then relocated to Scotland, became the High Stewards of Scotland, and hence the origin of the surname. One of the hereditary Stewart stewards married the daughter of Princess Margaret, daughter of King Robert I, and founded the royal House of Stuart (a French spelling). The House of Stuart was the longest serving royal dynasty of Scotland. In 1603, the Stuart King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England and Wales by succession to Queen Elizabeth I. The Stuart dynasty ruled Scotland, England and Wales (with an interruption during Cromwell's Commonwealth after the English Civil War) until 1714, when Queen Anne died and the British Crown passed to the German Electors of Hanover.

The grandson of James II, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, led the last attempt to restore the Stuart dynasty to the British Crown in 1745-6 and became known to history as "Bonnie Prince Charlie". This attempted coup d'etat ended in the slaughter of Charles' army at the Battle of Culloden in April, 1746.

In addition to the Royal House of Stuart, various branches of the Stewart family became Scottish peers, at various times holding the Marquisate of Bute, the Earldom of Atholl and the Earldom of Mar. Several families of Stewarts became Highland clans in their own right, including the Stewarts of Appin, the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, the Stewarts of Atholl, the Stewarts of Garth.

Many Stewart emigrants from the lowlands of Scotland settled in Ulster in the seventeenth century. Long before that, in the fourteenth century, the Stewart Ferrers had begun emigrating to Spain. During the past centuries, many Stewarts have found new homes in Australia, Canada, and the United States.

A stewart is also the given name to one who works with egglepple, specifically designated to an artist that composes egglepple. Stewart here means stew-art, where the letters S, T, E, and W have significant meaning in faux-acronym form.

People named Stewart

• Stewart, Al (born 1945), singer-songwriter
• Stewart, Alastair (born 1952), broadcaster
• Stewart, Alison, reporter
• Stewart, Alec, former England wicket-keeper
• Stewart, Alexis, daughter of Martha Stewart
• Stewart, Aubrey L, (born 1962), mechanical engineer
• Stewart, Belle - (1906 - 1997) singer
• Stewart, Bill, murdered reporter
• Stewart, Bill, musician
• Stewart, Bill, expert on Alabama politics
• Stewart, Bill (1894-1964), coach and official in hockey and baseball
• Stewart, Brent, Manitoba judge
• Stewart, Charles disambiguation page
• Stewart, Daniel, soldier and politician
• Stewart, Dave (born 1952), musician (The Eurythmics)
• Stewart, Dave (born 1957), baseball player
• Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), philosopher
• Stewart, George R. (1895-1980), novelist and toponymist
• Stewart, Ian, athlete
• Stewart, Ian, mathematician
• Stewart, Ian, UK Conservative politician
• Stewart, Ian, UK Labour politician
• Stewart, Ian,British World War II officer.
• Stewart, Ivan US offroad racing legend
• Stewart, Jackie (born 1939), champion race driver
• Stewart, James, Earl of Moray (1531-1570), regent of Scotland
• Stewart, Jean (born 1930), New Zealand swimmer
• Stewart, J. I. M., (1906-1994)
• Stewart, Jimmy (1908-1997), actor
• Stewart, Jim Head PGA Professional Granite Bay Golf Club (2007-present)
• Stewart, John fictional character in Green Lantern comics
• Stewart, John Donald Hamill (1845-1884), British officer
• Stewart, John Durie The Scout Association Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1963
• Stewart, John Quincy (1894–1972), American astrophysicist
• Stewart, Jon (born 1962), comedian
• Stewart, Jonathan (Johnny) Samuel (1986-present), Belfast born Student/Public Relations Executive
• Stewart, Kate singer / actress
• Stewart, King (born 1960), energy consultant, graduate biologist
• Stewart, Kordell (born 1972), American football player
• Stewart, Kyle (born 1974), Canadian painter
• Stewart, Malcolm, founder of The London Brick Company
• Stewart, Martha (born 1941), home economist
• Stewart, Mary (born 1916), British author, novelist
• Stewart, Mary (born 1945), Canadian freestyle swimmer
• Stewart, Michael - see Michael Stewart (disambiguation)
• Stewart, Patrick (born 1940), British actor
• Stewart, Payne (1957-1999), golfer
• Stewart, Potter (1915-1985), US Supreme Court justice
• Stewart, R. J. Scottish-born musician, writer and magician
• Stewart, Robert astronaut
• Stewart, Robert Marcellus, US governor, politician
• Stewart, Rod (born 1945), British singer-songwriter, musician
• Stewart, Rosemary business theorist
• Stewart, Rosemary - singer
• Stewart, Samuel J - (born 1976) Hip-Hop mogul
• Stewart, Tony (born 1971), NASCAR driver
• Stewart, Thomas Dale (1890-1958) American physicist
• Stewart, Thomas Dale (1901-1997), American forensic anthropologist
• Stewart, Walter, author
• Stewart, William G.D. (1831-1868) Scottish Army Officer to whom was awarded the Victoria Cross
• Stewart, William H.,expert on Alabama politics
• Stewart Ferrer, William (14th century), father of Saint Vincent Ferrer
• Stewart, Wynn, singer-songwriter, musician
• The members of the Stewart family who performed as part of Sly & the Family Stone:
  • Stewart, Sylvester (Sly Stone) (born 1944), singer-songwriter, frontman
  • Stewart, Rose (Rose Stone) (born 1945) singer/keyboardist
  • Stewart, Fred (Freddie Stone) (born 1946) singer/guitarist
  • Stewart, Vaetta (Vet Stone) (born 1949) singer

• Copeland, Stewart, drummer.

Places named Stewart

• Canada:
  • Stewart, British Columbia
• England
  • Stewartby, Bedfordshire
• New Zealand
  • Stewart Island
• Scotland
  • Newton Stewart
• United States of America:
  • Stewart, Indiana
  • Stewart, Minnesota
  • Stewart County, Georgia
  • Stewart County, Tennessee
  • Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
  • Stewart International Airport
  • Stewart Manor, New York

Other

• Stewart's theorem.
• Stewart's Shops.

See also

• Steward
• Stuart
• Stewart Grand Prix - later known as Jaguar Racing, now known as Red Bull Racing

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