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Stewart .
Stewart Origin Meaning "steward" Region of origin Scotland ,England Other names Variant form(s) Stuart, Steward, Steuart, Sievert, Steiert, Steuer, Steuert, Stewert, Siewert, Schweigert or Zweigert
Stewart Gender Masculine Other names Related names Stuart
Stewart is aScottish and Englishsurname , also used as agiven name . It is possibly derived from the old English word "stigweard", a compound of "stig" meaning household, and "weard", a guardian (ward), or from theGaelic Stiùbhart meaningsteward .Stuart ,Steward andSteuart . The surname Stewart has large concentrations in the United States (mainly in theDeep South , and the othersouthern states), United Kingdom (mainly inScotland ,Northern Ireland ,North East England ,South West England ,Cumbria ,Lancashire , andYorkshire ), Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere that has large Scottish orUlster Scots diaspora.
The progenitor of the Stewart family wasAlan fitz Flaad , aBreton knight who settled in England after theNorman Conquest . His son,Walter fitz Alan , relocated toScotland duringthe Anarchy and became theHigh Steward of Scotland ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
One of the hereditary Stewart stewards,Walter Stewart , marriedMarjorie Bruce , daughter of KingRobert I , and founded the royalHouse of Stewart , beginning with their son KingRobert II . The House of Stewart was the longest serving royal dynasty of Scotland.Mary, Queen of Scots formalised the use of the spelling Stuart, while resident in France, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. In 1603, the Stewart KingJames VI of Scotland became King James I of England and Wales by hissuccession to Queen Elizabeth I . The Stewart dynasty ruled Scotland, England and Wales (with an interruption during Cromwell's Commonwealth after theEnglish Civil War ) until 1714, whenQueen Anne died and the British Crown passed to the German Electors of Hanover.
The grandson ofJames II , PrinceCharles Edward Stuart , led the last attempt to restore the Stewart dynasty to the British Crown in 1745-6 and became known to history as "Bonnie Prince Charlie ". This attempted coup d'état ended in the slaughter of Charles' army at theBattle of Culloden in April, 1746.
In addition to the Royal House of Stuart, various branches of the Stewart family became Scottish peers, at various times holding theMarquisate of Bute , the earldoms ofAtholl ,Mar ,Moray ,Angus ,Galloway , as well as severalLordships of Parliament . Several families of Stewarts became Highland clans in their own right, including theStewarts of Appin , theStewarts of Ardvorlich , theStewarts of Atholl and theStewarts of Garth .
Many Stewart emigrants from the lowlands of Scotland settled in the Irish province of Ulster in the seventeenth century.[citation needed Stewarts also emigrated from other parts of Scotland and settled throughout the rest of Ireland.[citation needed
People named Stewart [ edit ] Adam Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAl Stewart (born 1945), Scottish singer-songwriterAlana Stewart (born 1945), American actress, former wife of Rod StewartAlastair Stewart (born 1952), British journalist and broadcasterAlec Stewart (born 1963), British cricketer, kept wicket for EnglandAlexander P. Stewart (1821–1908), American general and professorAlexander William Stewart (1865–1933), Scottish naval architect, engineer and inventorAlexis Stewart (born 1965), American talk radio host, daughter of Martha StewartAlice Stewart (1906–2002), British physician and epidemiologistAlice Stewart (commentator) (1966–2024), American political commentatorAlison Stewart (born 1966), American journalistAndy Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAnthony Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleApril Stewart (born 1969), American actressArDarius Stewart (born 1993), American football playerBelle Stewart (1906–1997), Scottish singerBob Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBooboo Stewart (born 1994), American singer of T-Squad and actorBreanna Stewart (born 1994), American basketball playerBrent Stewart , Manitoba judgeBrett Stewart (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballerBrian Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBrock Stewart (born 1991), American baseball playerBryan Stewart (born 1985), English footballerBryanne Stewart (born 1979), Australian tennis playerCalvin Stewart (born 1946), Jamaican footballerCalum Stewart (born 1982), Scottish musicianCatherine Mary Stewart , Canadian actressCharles Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCharlotte Stewart , American film and television actressCorbet Page Stewart (1896–1962), Scottish biochemistCorey Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCrystle Stewart , Miss USA 2008Daniel Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDarrell Stewart (American football) (born 1996), American football playerDavid Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDennis Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDerek Stewart (footballer) (born 1948), Scottish footballerDJ Stewart (born 1993), American baseball playerD.J. Stewart Jr. (born 1999), American basketball playerDonald Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDugald Stewart (1753–1828), Scottish philosopherDuncan Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDylan Stewart (born 2005), American football playerEarnie Stewart (born 1969), Dutch-born American soccer playerEd Stewart (1941–2016), British broadcasterEd Stewart (American football) (born 1972), American football playerEdwin C. Stewart (1864–1921), New York politicianE. J. Stewart (1877–1929), American college sports coachElijah Stewart (born 1995), American basketball player in Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueElinore Pruitt Stewart (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoiristEvan Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleG. Fowler Stewart (1861–1917), businessman in South AustraliaFrederick Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGary Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGay Stewart , American physicistGeorge Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGershom Stewart (1857–1929), British businessman in China, Conservative MPGlenn Stewart (born 1984), Australian Rugby League playerGrace Campbell Stewart (died 1863), British painterGrover Stewart (born 1993), American football playerHaldane Stewart (1868–1942), English musician and cricketerHarriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart (1798–1830), American missionaryHarry Stewart (1908–1956), American comedianHelen Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHenry Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHomer Joseph Stewart (1915–2007), American aeronautical engineerIain Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleIan Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleIsaiah Stewart (born 2001), American basketball playerIvan Stewart , American racing driverJackie Stewart (born 1939), Scottish Formula One driverJacqueline Stewart (born 1970), American scholar of cinema studies and television hostJames Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944), American author, editorJanet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), Australian painterJasmin Stewart (born 1998), Australian rules footballerJaylin Stewart (born 2005), American basketball playerJean Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJermaine Stewart (1957–1997), American R&B and pop singerJ. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994), Scottish novelist writing as Michael InnesJoffre Stewart (1925–2019), American poet, anarchist and pacifistJohn Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJon Stewart (born 1962), American political satiristJorge Stewart , Argentine rugby union playerJosh Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJosaiah Stewart (born 2003), American football playerJulius LeBlanc Stewart (1855–1919), American artistKaleb Stewart (1975–2021), American musicianKaren Weldin Stewart , Insurance Commissioner of DelawareKevin Stewart (footballer) (born 1993), English football playerKordell Stewart (born 1972), American football playerKristen Stewart (born 1990), American actressLeConte Stewart (1891–1990), American artistLizbeth Stewart (1948–2013), American ceramistLori Stewart Gonzalez (born 1957), American speech pathologist and academic administratorLynne Stewart (1939–2017), American lawyer and criminalLynne Marie Stewart (1946–2025), American actressM. J. Stewart (born 1995), American football playerMalcolm Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMartha Stewart (born 1941), American businesswoman, writer and television personalityMarvin Stewart (1912–2009), American football playerMarvin Stewart (basketball) , American basketball playerMary Stuart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMatthew Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMichael Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMonica Faith Stewart (born 1952), American politicianNellie Stewart (1858–1931), Australian stage actressOliver W. Stewart (1867–1937), American politicianPatrick Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePaul Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePayne Stewart (1957–1999), American golferPerez M. Stewart (1858–1924), New York politicianRena Stewart (1923–2023), Scottish World War II codebreaker and journalistPotter Stewart (1915–1985), US Supreme Court justiceRichard Stewart (born 1959) mayor of Coquitlam, British ColumbiaRichard Stewart (theatre) (1827–1902), Australian stage actorRobert Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRod Stewart (born 1945), British singerRosemary Stewart (business theorist) (1924–2015), British researcher and writer in business managementRoy Mackenzie Stewart (1889–1964), British neurologistSamuel Swaim Stewart (1855–1898), known as S. S. Stewart, American musician, publisher, banjo manufacturerScott Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSean Stewart (basketball) (born 2005), American basketball playerShemar Stewart (born 2003), American football playerTerion Stewart (born 2001), American football playerThomas Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTony Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTrenton Lee Stewart , American writerWalter Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilliam Stewart (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWyatt A. Stewart , American businessman and career political fundraiserWynn Stewart (1934–1985), American country music singer-songwriter and musicianAmerican family members ofSly and the Family Stone :Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone ) (born 1944), singer-songwriter, frontman Rose Stewart (Rose Stone ) (born 1945), singer/keyboardist Fred Stewart (Freddie Stone ) (born 1946), singer/guitarist Vaetta Stewart (Vet Stone ) (born 1949), singer Stewart Copeland , American drummer, best known as the drummer in The PoliceStewart Granger , English-American actor, born James StewartStewart Lee , English stand-up comedian, writer, director and musicianStewart Mills , Australian Rugby League playerStewart Stevenson , SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Banffshire & Buchan Coast, and Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate ChangeFictional characters [ edit ] Name list
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