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THOMAS Stewart
2nd Earl of Angus
THOMAS, SECOND EARL OF ANGUS He was imprisoned in the Dumbarton castle for complicity in the
murder of Margaret Mortimer, one of David II.’s favourites , where he died of the plague in 1361. ,
He was father of;
1. THOMAS STEWART, 3RD EARL OF ANGUS, succeeded his father and died sp in
1377. After his death the title devolved to his sister, Margaret
2) Margaret, married Thomas, thirteenth Earl of Mar, and, later, described herself as Countess of Angus and Mar. By her brother-in-law, William, Earl of Douglas, she had a son, George Douglas, to whom she assigned the Earldom of Angus, and who was ancestor of the Dukes of Douglas and Dukes of Hamilton.
Arms: on her Seal, 1378.-Two shields, the one showing a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy (Mar), the other a fess chequy surmounted by a bend charged with three buckles (Stewart and Bonkyl) (Laing).
3) Elizabeth, married Sir Alexander Hamilton, and from this marriage descend the Hamiltons of Innerwick and the Earls of Haddington.
He was also father of a natural son :
4. William Stewart, who was generally styled “of Angus.”
Arms: of Thomas, Earl of Angus, on Seal, 1357.-A fess chequy surmounted by a bend charged with three buckles. SUPPORTERS: Two winged lions sejant guardant (Laing). [Plate IV., fig. 59.] 1 and 4. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver, surmounted by a red bend charged with three gold buckles. 2 and 3. Gold, a red lion rampant debruised by a black ribbon (Abernethy) (Nisbet).
Reference: The Red Book of Scotland,
