Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway
Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway (1 September 1774 – 30 June 1842), formerly Lady Jane Paget, was the wife of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway.
She was the daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey,[1] and his wife, the former Jane Champagné.[2]
She married Stewart on 18 April 1797.[3]
They had eight children, three of whom died in infancy:[4]
- Lady Jane Stewart (1798–1844), who married her first cousin, George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and had children
- Lady Caroline Stewart (1799–1857)
- Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway (1800–1873)
- Lady Louisa Stewart (1804–1889), who married William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham, and had children
- Hon Arthur Stewart (1805–1806)
- Hon Alan Stewart (1807–1808)
- Lady Helen Stewart (1810–1813)
- Vice Admiral Hon Keith Stewart (1814–1879),[5] who married Mary FitzRoy, daughter of Charles Augustus FitzRoy, and had children
The earl died in 1834 and his wife became known as Dowager Countess of Galloway. She died at Rutland Gate, Hyde Park, London, aged 67.[6]
References
- Marshall, John (1823). Royal Naval Biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1760, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda. Vol. I, Part II. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. pp. 444–446. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- Christening of Brownlow Bayley-Paget, son of Jane Champagne. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Accessed 14 August 2016.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
- Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick, ed. (2013). "Earl of Galloway". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- "Births, Marriages, Deaths". The Cornishman. No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 5.
- Annual Register. J. Dodsley. 1843. pp. 1–.
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