Lucinda Shaw-Stewart

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Lady Shaw-Stewart has been Trustee of the Royal Collection Trust from 2005; Vice-President of the National Trust for Scotland; Convenor of the National Trust for Scotland's Curatorial Committee; Trustee of Sir William Burrell's Trust; Trustee of the Wallace Collection from 1987.

Born Lucinda Victoria Fletcher, younger daughter of Alexander K H Fletcher. Lady Shaw-Stewart is the widow of the late Sir Houston Mark Shaw-Stewart, 11th Baronet. Ardgowan Estate is owned by the Shaw Stewart family and has been in the family for over 600 years. The house is set in the middle of 400 acres (1.6 km²) of parkland on the south shores of the Firth of Clyde, and is home to Lady Shaw Stewart and her son Ludovic, the 12th Baronet. The lands of Ardgowan were given to John Stewart by his father King Robert III of Scotland on 5 May 1403. The estate has been passed down from father to son or uncle to nephew to the present day.