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Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway 1694–1773 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1694

Birth Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 Sep 1773

Death Location: Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Father: James Galloway

Mother: Catherine Montgomerie

Spouse(s): Lady Cochrane, Lady Keith

Children(s): Sir Galloway, Lady Stewart

Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway was born in 1694 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland, the child of James Stewart 5Th Earl Of Galloway And Catherine Montgomerie. Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway married Lady Anne Keith, Lady Catherine Dundonald Cochrane, and had children including Keith Stewart Admiral Parliament Member, Lady Harriet Stewart, Sir John Stewart 7Th Earl Of Galloway. Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway passed away in 1773 in Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.

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Biography

  • Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway was born in 1694 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland, the child of James Stewart 5Th Earl Of Galloway And Catherine Montgomerie.
  • Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway married Lady Anne Keith, Lady Catherine Dundonald Cochrane, and had children including Keith Stewart Admiral Parliament Member, Lady Harriet Stewart, Sir John Stewart 7Th Earl Of Galloway.
  • Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway passed away in 1773 in Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Alexander Galloway's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Galloway
1694–1773
Birth Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Parents
James Stewart 5th Earl of Galloway
1673–1746
Drumlemmel, Campbelltown, Scotland
Catherine Montgomerie
1677–1757
Rothsay Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl Of) Galloway
1640–1690
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel) Douglas
1655–1694
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Alexander (Montgomery, Earl of) Eglington
1660–1728
Great-Grandparents
James Galloway
1610–1671
Lady Grierson
1625–1653
Sir Queensberry
1604–1671
Lady Queensberry
1620–1672
Alexander covenanters
–1701
Elizabeth Crichton
1638–1675
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Galloway
1580–1649
Lady Gordon
1582–1625
Sir Grierson
1598–1654
Margaret Cockpool
1593–1701
William Queensberry
1592–1640
Lady Kerr
1585–1628
John Scotland
1600–1659
Lady Carnegie
1600–1655
Hugo Eglinton
1613–1668
Lady Leslie
1615–1659

Alexander Galloway's Descendants

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Alexander (Stewart 6th Earl of) Galloway (abt 1694–24 Sep 1773) m. Lady (Catherine Dundonald) Cochrane (1709–15 Mar 1786) m. Lady (Anne) Keith (1699–1728)
  1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 7th Earl of) Galloway 1736–1806 m. Anne (Dashwood Countess of) Galloway 1740–1830 m. Charlotte (Mary) Greville 1745–1763
    1. 1. Lady (Susan) Stewart 1767–1841 m. George (Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of) Marlborough 1766–1840
      1. 1. Caroline (Susan Spencer) Churchill 1792–1792
      2. 2. George (Spencer Churchill, 6th Duke of) Marlborough 1793–1857 m. Charlotte (Augusta) Flower 1818–1850 m. Lady (Jane) Stewart 1798–1844 m. Harriet (Caroline) Spencer 1798–1834
        1. 1. Louisa (Spencer) Churchill 1821–1882
        2. 2. John (Winston Spencer Churchill, KG, Marquis of Blandford, 7th Duke of) Malborough 1822–1883 m. Frances (Anne Emily Stewart Duchess of) Marborough 1822–1899
        3. 3. Marquis Blandford 1822–1893
        4. 4. Alfred (Spencer) Churchill 1824–1893
        5. 5. Alan (Spencer) Churchill 1825–1873
        6. 6. Clementina (Augusta Spencer) Churchill 1848–1886
        7. 7. Susan (Harriet Elizabeth) Churchill 1818–1887
      3. 3. Phebe Spencer 1798–1848
      4. 4. Caroline (Spencer) Churchill 1798–1824
      5. 5. Almeric (Spencer) Churchill 1806–
      6. 6. Georgina (Matilda) Glover 1819–1898
    2. 2. George (Thomas Galloway) STEWART 1768–1834
    3. 3. Catherine Stewart 1765–1836
    4. 4. Montgomery (Granville John) Stewart 1780–1860
    5. 5. William Stewart 1774–1827
    6. 6. Rev. (Honorable Charles James Stewart Bishop of) Quebec 1775–1837
    7. 7. Georgiana (Frances) Stewart 1776–1804
  2. 2. Lady (Harriet) Stewart 1744–1788

Alexander Galloway's Timeline

2 Records

1694
abt 1694
Birth of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1773
24 Sep 1773
Age 79
Death of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl of Galloway in Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1694
    Event Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1773
    Event Place: Aix, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

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