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unusual facts about Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale



Alexander Kerr Craig

Craig successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Andrew Stewart to the Fifty-second Congress and served until his death in Claysville in 1892.

Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale

Andrew's father was the 1st Lord Avondale of a new creation, Andrew surrendered his title for a new investment as Lord Ochiltree.

Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree

Ochiltree was a signatory to the Congregation's letters to Elizabeth I of England and William Cecil on 19 July 1559.

His son and heir, Andrew Stewart, known as the Master of Ochiltree, predeceased him in 1578, and he was succeeded by his grandson, Andrew Stuart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart, 3rd Lord Ochiltree.

Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March

He also bore the ecclesiastical titles of Bishop of Caithness, his grant confirmed by Pope Paul III in January 1542, an office previously held by his maternal uncle Andrew Stewart, and Commendator of St Andrews Cathedral Priory.


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