In early October 1808, following the scandal in Britain over the Convention of Sintra and the recall of the generals Dalrymple, Burrard and Wellesley, Sir John Moore took command of the 30,000 man British force in Portugal.
In 1814, Sir Hew Dalrymple purchased the island from North Berwick Town Council.
Sir | Sir Walter Scott | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Sir Robert Peel | Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet | Dalrymple | Sir Raylton Dixon | Sir Harold Hillier Gardens | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet | Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet | Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet | Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet | Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet | Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland | Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever | Sir Nigel | Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy | Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet | Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet | Sir Henry Rawlinson | Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet | Sir Douglas Quintet | Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet | To Sir, with Love | Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars | Sir William Johnson | Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet | Sir John Moore | Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet | Sir John D'Oyly |
His opponents, the 12 year old Duke of Hamilton, Sir Hew Dalrymple, and others, claimed that Stewart was not the son of Lady Jane Douglas, and thus was not the rightful heir to the Douglas estates.