Charles Walter Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre, DL (21 December 1818 – 15 December 1900), styled Master of Blantyre from birth until 1830, was a Scottish politician and landowner with . Born at

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, Stuart was the second son of Robert Stuart, 11th Lord Blantyre and his wife Fanny Mary, the second daughter of the Hon. John Rodney, younger son of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney. In 1830 at the age of only twelve, he succeeded his father as lord. Stuart entered the

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and was commissioned into the

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. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

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in 1845 and was elected a Representative Peer in 1850. On 4 October 1843, he married Evelyn, the second daughter of

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and had by her five daughters and a son, Walter, who predeceased him. *Mary (b. 15 September 1845-21 November 1910), unmarried. *Ellen (31 Aug. 1846-19 April 1927), who married

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and together had six children. *Hon. Evelyn (24 June 1848 – 26 July 1888), who married

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. They had five children. *Gertrude (11 Nov. 1849-25 April 1935), married William Henry Gladstone MP, son of Prime Minister

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. They had two daughters, and one son,

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. *Capt. Walter (17 Jul 1851-15 Mar 1895), Master of Blantyre. Unmarried. Stuart's wife died in

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in 1869 and he survived her until 1900, dying aged 81 at Erskine House, which subsequently became

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(now a hotel, renamed Mar Hall). The

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ship became extinct on his death.

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