Full Name Walter Stewart Grandparents James "Beg" Stewart | Name Walter 3rd Spouse(s) Euphemia Reideugh | |
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Born c1480 Baldorran, Campsie, Stirlingshire Occupation Royal Bailie of the Crown Lands of Balquhidder Children James Stewart (born circa 1510)
Helen Stewart (born circa 1515) Died 1575, Scotland, United Kingdom Parents William Stewart of Baldorran | ||
Great-grandparents James Mor Stewart | ||
Walter Stewart (c.1480-1575), 3rd Laird of Baldorran, 2nd Bailie of Balquhidder, was a sixteenth-century Scottish landowner, and the ancestor of the Ardvorlich, Annat, and Glenfinglas Stewarts.
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Early life
Walter Stewart was born about 1480 in Baldorran, Campsie, Stirlingshire, the third son of William Stewart, 2nd Laird Of Baldorran. His mother was Marion Helen Campbell of Glenorchy.
Walter's father William Stewart of Baldorran was the founder of the Balquhidder Stewart clan.
Bailie of the Crown Lands of Balquhidder
Walter succeeded his father as Royal Baillie of Balquhidder. He was confirmed in the ownership of his ancestral lands in September 1500 from his father Sir William Stewart.
Family
Walter married Euphemia Reideugh (aka "Ruddock"), daughter of James Reideugh of Cultobraggan, comptroller of the household of King James IV. They had two children: