Lord John Stewart
For other people named John Stewart, see John Stewart (disambiguation).
Lord John Stewart, c. 1638 (left), pictured with his younger brother Lord Bernard Stewart (1623-1645), by Sir Anthony van Dyck
Lord John Stewart (23 October 1621 – 29 March 1644) was a Scottish aristocrat who served as a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. He was one of five sons of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and his wife Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, and the brother of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond.
With his youngest brother, Lord Bernard Stewart, he embarked on a three-year tour of the continent in 1639, before returning to join the King’s cause in the Civil War as a General. He was killed at the Battle of Cheriton near Alresford, Essex, on 29 March 1644.
Only one of his brothers, Lodovic, survived the war to see the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
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- National Portrait Gallery commentary on the portrait by Van Dyck
- Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition
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