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Thomas Stewart
2nd Earl of Angus
In 1353 he married Margaret Sinclair, a daughter of William de St Clair of Rosslyn. (St Clair was killed in 1330, along with Sir James Douglas, at the Battle of Teba whilst accompanying King Robert´s Heart to the Holy Land.) The petition for this marriage was sent to the Holy See, with support from John II of France, which would suggest that the young Angus spent time at the French court
Present at the siege of Berwick in 1355, Angus was one of the lords that negotiated the release of David II following his 10-year captivity following the Battle of Neville´s Cross. At some point in the late 1350s, Stewart was made Great Chamberlain of Scotland, an office he lost at some point before 1359, when Walter de Biggar was in office. Possibily because David on his return sought to clear out those that had enjoyed power in his absence.
Angus was considered one of the conspirators in the murder of King David´s mistress, Catherine Mortimer, at Soutra in 1360, and was duly imprisoned. Whilst being held at Dumbarton Castle, he succumbed to the plague in 1361.
Thomas Stewart had two daughters with Margaret Sinclair:
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar, and mother of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
Elizabeth Stewart, married Alexander Hamilton of Ballencrieff and Innerwick, ancestors of the Earls of Haddington.