The Stewart Society

Membership

Please renew your membership now.
Annual membership is from January to December each year. The easiest way to do it is here on the website. Contact the Secretary if you are not sure if you need to do or if you would like to set up a standing order or pay directly into our bank account.
If you are not a member and you are just browsing our website please join us - we welcome members from all over the world.  You can join here

Wold you like to give someone a gift membership?  Email the secretary and she can arrange for a certificate .

Do you want a lovely certificate of membership?  These make excellent presents for weddings/significant birthdays/anniversaries.

Buy your certificate here

Posting Overseas

Orders are now being posted out overseas but it still slower than we would like.   If you have any concerns contact the Secretary.

Commissioners

We are looking for members who can attend events, welcome new people to the Society and recruit new members. 

Do you live in : - 

Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana, Mississippi?

USA North West and Central?

Ohio-Pennsylvania & West Virginia?

British Columbia Yukon & NW Territories?

We are looking for a Commissioner to represent the Society in those places - if you are interested please contact the Commissioner's secretary - email Sandy Stewart of Ardvorlich here Sandy Stewart of Ardvorlich' s email

As events open back up in Scotland, we would also welcome members  to attend Higland Games and other events to represent the Society and  recruit new members.

Contact Jenn to discuss - email Jenn here

Death of former Archivist and Secretary, Muriel Walker

The Society is very sorry to announce  that Muriel Walker, long time Secretary and afterwards Archivist of the Stewart Society died on November 19. Muriel contributed an enormous amount to the Stewart Society during the many years that she was involved in it. 

Much loved mother to Graeme and Nicola and a dear grandma of Kirsty, Iain, Lindsay, Ruaridh and Joanna, and great-grandma of Kaleb, Sadie, Isla and Ottilie. 

Members' Downloads

Available for download

*New*
The 2021 Online Burns Supper

- Index of the Magazine volumes  
The library catalogue and a list of the family trees and other family information that we hold are also available

Bannockburn Genetic Genealogy Project

The University of Strathclyde have provided some very interesting results relating to individuals who share the same common ancestor - including Walter, the High Steward. Read more about the Bannockburn Genetic Genealogy Project and how to go about your own DNA test.

Marker for male line descendants of King Robert III (1337-1406):
The results of the Big Y test for a documented male line descendant of Sir John Stewart of Blackhall & Ardgowan, d. c.1412, an illegitimate son of King Robert III, have now been received and analysed. Alex Williamson, author of The Big Tree http://www.ytree.net/ has identified a new SNP carried by this individual, which has been given the name ZZ52. Our two other Big Y test results, that is one for Earl Castle Stewart, a descendant of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and the other for a documented descendant of Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute, do not carry this SNP. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute are both brothers of King Robert III. This means that ZZ52 must have occurred in Robert III or one of his male line descendants. In other words, ZZ52 is a distinct marker identifying descendants of Robert III.

Trustees

The Trustees of the Benevolent Fund are:-

Lord Stewart (2020) 

Earl of Moray (2021),

Annie Stewart (2021),

Jamie Stewart ygr of Ardvorlich (2022)

Geordie Burnett Stuart of Crichie (2022)

The Trustees of the Heritage Trust are:-

Earl of Moray (Chair, 2020),

Guthrie Stewart (2020),

Lachlan Stewart (2021),

Charles Steuart Fothringham (2022)

and Catherine Maxwell Stuart of Traquair 2021).

The 2021 Accounts are available on the members' downloads.