Old Photograph High Row Street Garlieston Scotland

Old photograph of hotel, cottage and houses on High Row Street in Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, later 6th Earl of Galloway. Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway, born 1694, died 24 September 1773, was the son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway by Catherine, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton, born 1660, died 1729. In 1719, he married Lady Anne Keith, the youngest daughter of the 9th Earl Marischal and they had one child: Lady Mary Stewart, died 1751, who married Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose. Lady Anne died in 1728 and Alexander married Lady Catherine Cochrane, the youngest daughter of the John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald. They had eight children: Lady Susannah Stewart, died 1805, who married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, born 1736, died 1806; Admiral the Honourable Keith Stewart of Glasserton, born 1739, died 1795; James Edward, born 1743, died 1812; Marjorie Elizabeth Stewart died 1812; Lady Margaret Stewart died 1762; Lady Charlotte Stewart died 1818, married John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore; Lady Catherine Stewart died 1750; Lady Harriet Stewart died 1788; She married Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton.



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