Shaw-Stewart Baronets

The Stewart, later Shaw-Stewart Baronetcy, of Greenock and Blackhall in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 27 March 1667 for Archibald Stewart. This family is descended in the direct male line from Sir John Stewart, illegitimate son of Robert III of Scotland, who granted him the estate of Ardgowan in Renfrewshire. The third Baronet married Helen, sister and co-heir of Sir John Houston of that Ilk, 4th Baronet, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Shaw, of Greenock, 2nd Baronet (see Shaw Baronets, of Greenock). The fourth Baronet succeeded to the Greenock estates on the death of his great-uncle Sir John Shaw of Greenock, 3rd and last Baronet, in 1752 and assumed the additional surname of Shaw. He later sat as Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1780 to 1783 and from 1786 to 1796.

The fifth Baronet served as Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1822 and 1825. The sixth Baronet represented Lanarkshire in Parliament from 1827 to 1830 and Renfrewshire from 1830 to 1837. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865 and Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1869 and 1903. The eighth Baronet represented Renfrewshire East in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1906 and was Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1922 to 1942. The ninth Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1950 to 1967. Lucinda Shaw-Stewart is the widow of the eleventh Baronet.

The family seat is still Ardgowan House, Inverkip, Renfrewshire.

Stewart, later Shaw-Stewart Baronets, of Greenock and Blackhall (1667)

• Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Baronet (c. 1635-c. 1722)

A Member of Parliament, the baronetcy was conferred upon Archibald Stewart by King Charles II for services rendered to his father.^[1]

• Sir Archibald Stewart, 2nd Baronet (died April 1724)
• Sir Michael Stewart, 3rd Baronet (c. 1712-20 October 1796)
• Sir John Shaw-Stewart, 4th Baronet (c. 1740-7 August 1812)

MP for Renfrewshire 1780-1783 and 1786-96

• Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 5th Baronet (10 Feb 1766 - 25 Aug 1825)

Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire 1822-1825

• Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Baronet (1788 - 19 Dec 1836)

MP for Lanarkshire 1827-1830 and Renfrewshire 1830-1837

• Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (26 Nov 1826 - 10 Dec 1903)

MP for Renfrewshire 1855-1865. Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire 1869-1903

• Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet (11 Jul 1854 - 29 Jun 1942)

MP for Renfrewshire East 1886-1906. Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire 1922-1942

• Sir Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart, 9th Baronet (10 Aug 1892 - 26 Apr 1976)

Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire 1950-1967

• Sir Euan Guy Shaw-Stewart, 10th Baronet (11 Oct 1928-30 Jan 1980)
• Sir Houston Mark Shaw-Stewart, 11th Baronet (24 April 1931-21 Feb 2004)

Married to Lady Lucinda Shaw-Stewart, brother of the 10th Baronet. Presented with the Military Cross for services in Korea as a subaltern aged 19. Member of the Royal Company of Archers. Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire (1970-80) and Vice Lord Lieutenant (1980-1995).^[2]

• Sir Ludovic Houston Shaw-Stewart, 12th Baronet (b. 12 Nov 1986)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets