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51: 516:"Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608–1681), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1648–1650 & 1658–1660) | Art UK | Discover Artworks Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608–1681), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1648–1650 & 1658–1660)" 362:, acquired a large fortune, then acquired the estates of Kirkfield (from Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan) and Coldness (from Sir John Hamilton of Edston), both in Lanarkshire, in 1653. 851: 474:
In 1648, two years after Anne's death, Steuart married Marion McCulloch Elliott (d. 1690), widow of Sir John Elliott, and only daughter and heiress of David McCulloch, of
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Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
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from 1649 to 1650, and Lord Provost again in 1659. For a period of time, he was the Collector of Excise and Accountant-General for the Scottish Army.
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The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Volume 3
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Letters and Journals of Mrs. Calderwood of Polton: From England, Holland and the Low Countries in 1756
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Taylor, W. L. (December 1957). "A Short Life of Sir James Steuart: Political Economist".
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and guild member in 1631, apparently through his marriage to Thomas Hope's niece.
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Steuart was the second son of Marion Carmichael and James Steuart (1575–1607), of
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His period of office as Provost included the decision to fortify the harbour of
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In 1630, he married Anne Hope (d. 1646), daughter of Henry Hope and niece of
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and to create a new road between Edinburgh and Leith (later called
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Marion Steuart (1645–1706), who married John Maxwell (1648–1732)
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Scottish merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter
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Sir Thomas Steuart, 1st Baronet of Coltness (1631–1698)
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James Steuart (1608–1681)
James Steuart (disambiguation)

David Scougall
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall
Robert Murray
Commissioner
Edinburgh
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Sir James Steuart
Sir Robert Steuart, Bt.
Coltness
Covenanter
Allanton
posthumously
Sir James Carmichael
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Provost of Edinburgh
Commissioner
Edinburgh
Parliament of Scotland
Leith
Leith Walk
the Restoration
Covenanter
Edinburgh Castle
Dundee
Sir Thomas Hope

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