Peter Maxwell Stuart
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Peter D'Arcy Joseph Maxwell-Stuart, 20th Laird of Traquair (16 November 1922 – 1990){{Cite web |title=Peter D'Arcy Joseph Maxwell-Stuart, 20th of Traquair |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75319465 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}} was a Scottish landowner. He rediscovered the 18th-century brewery at Traquair House and became a noted brewer.
He was the father of Catherine Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair.
Early life
Stuart was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1922,{{Cite web |title=A brief history of Traquair and the family |url=https://www.traquair.co.uk/history-of-traquair/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Traquair House |language=en-GB}} to Francis Joseph Maxwell-Stuart, 19th Laird of Traquair, and Dorothy Mary Hartley.
Career
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Stuart was an officer in the British Indian Army and a managing director at Vickers.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
In the early 1960s,{{Cite book |last=Snyder |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YeaoxnaCEFAC&q=peter+maxwell+stuart+died+in+1990 |title=The Beer Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Finest Craft Beers |date=1996 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-684-83125-1 |pages=91 |language=en}} he rediscovered the 18th-century brewery at Traquair House and began brewing beer using the original equipment.{{Cite book |last=Alworth |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilUODgAAQBAJ&dq=peter+maxwell+stuart+brewer&pg=PA58 |title=The Secrets of Master Brewers: Techniques, Traditions, and Homebrew Recipes for 26 of the World's Classic Beer Styles, from Czech Pilsner to English Old Ale |date=2017-03-21 |publisher=Storey Publishing |isbn=978-1-61212-654-8 |language=en}} Some of the oak barrels were over 200 years old.{{Cite web |title=Traquair House brewery and ales |url=https://www.traquair.co.uk/brewery/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Traquair House |language=en-GB}}
David Geary, who established D. L. Geary Brewing Company in the United States in 1983, worked as an intern under Stuart to learn the craft of brewing.{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.gearybrewing.com/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620063444/http://www.gearybrewing.com/history.html |archive-date=2017-06-20 |access-date=2017-05-26 |website=D.L. Geary Brewing Co.}}{{Cite news |date=2015-11-04 |title=Maine Attraction: 30 Years of D.L. Geary Brewing - All About Beer |url=http://allaboutbeer.com/30-years-dl-geary-brewing/ |access-date=2017-05-26 |work=All About Beer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Oxford Companion to Beer Definition of Geary, David |url=https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/Kvv4Zda9h0/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Craft Beer & Brewing |language=en}} Geary began distributing Stuart's Traquair House Ale in 1984.{{Cite web |title=Raise a pint to remember David Geary - Island Institute |url=https://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/raise-a-pint-to-remember-david-geary/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.islandinstitute.org |language=en-US}}
Personal life
In 1956, Stuart married Flora Carr-Saunders, daughter of Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, with whom he had a daughter, Catherine, in 1964. She became the 21st Lady of Traquair.
Death
Stuart died in February 1990,{{Cite web |title=Full record for 'LAIRD'S ALE' (6837) - Moving Image Archive catalogue |url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/6837?search_term=Tweed&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=movingimage.nls.uk}} aged 68.The Scotsman, 21 February 1990, p. 6
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Category:20th-century Scottish landowners