John James Stuart of Allanbank
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Sir John James Stuart or Steuart, 5th Baronet of Allanbank, FRSE (1779–1849) was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and artist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27959269|title=Sir John James Steuart of Allanbank, 1779 - 1849. Etcher and draughtsman}}
Life
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He was born in Rome in 1779 the eldest son of Sir John Steuart, 4th Baronet of Allanbank, great grandson of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Frances Coutts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Steuart-of-Allanbank-4th-Baronet/6000000014415841103|title = Sir John Steuart of Allanbank, 4th Baronet| year=1756 }}
In 1817, on the death of his father, he inherited his estates and became 5th Baronet of Allanbank.
In 1823 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being fellow amateur artist James Skene of Rubislaw.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-10-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He died at his Edinburgh townhouse, 20 Maitland StreetEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1849 on 29 January 1849. He is buried nearby, against the north wall in the centre of one of the lower terraces of the churchyard of St John's, Edinburgh.
Family
He married twice. Firstly to Catherine Monro, daughter of Alexander Monro, tertius.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Steuart/6000000014416056022|title = Catherine Steuart}}
He secondly married Elizabeth Catherine Woodcock (d.1828), daughter of Elborough Woodcock.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Catherine-Steuart/6000000014415872648|title=Elizabeth Catherine Steuart}}
He had no children by either marriage and the baronetcy ended with his death.
Known works
- Entrance to Scarborough Castle{{Cite web |url=https://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/sir-john-james-stuart-of-allanbank-british-118-c-3937a75fe6 |title=SIR JOHN JAMES STUART OF ALLANBANK (British |access-date=5 October 2018 |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075107/https://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/sir-john-james-stuart-of-allanbank-british-118-c-3937a75fe6 |url-status=dead }}
- A Coastal View with Shipping
- Huntmen at Arundel
- A Cavalry Skirmish
Artistic Recognition
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Category:Scottish male painters
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