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 98 [IX. 1742.] IX. 1774- CASTLE STEWART 9 and i. Andrew Thomas Stewart-Moore, de jure{^) Baron Castle Stuart [I.], only surv. s. and h., b. 29 Aug. 1725. Sheriff of co. Tyrone 1755, as Andrew Thomas Stewart-C') His petition to the Lord Lieut, of Ireland as to his right to the Barony of Castle Stuart [I.] was unani- mously granted by the House of Lords [I.], and received the Royal assent 24 May 1774. He took his seat accordingly 28 Nov. 1775, at which time he resigned the final surname of Moore. He had, as early as 1768, claimed the Barony of Ochiltree [S.], appearing to vote at the election of Scottish Peers, 26 Oct. 1768, and actually voting at the election 24 July 1790, but his claim was rejected, by a Committee for Privileges, 16 Apr. 1793. On 20 Dec. 1793 he was cr. VISCOUNT CASTLE STUART, co. Tyrone [I.], and on 30 Dec. 1800 he was cr. EARL CASTLE STEWART, co. Tyrone [I.].(°) He m., 2 Aug. 1782, Sarah, da. and coh. of Godfrey Lill, second Judge of the Court of Common Pleas [I.], by Carey Caroline, da. of Nathaniel Bull, of East Sheen, Surrey. He d. 26 Aug. 1809, at Stewart Hall, CO. Tyrone, aged almost 84. Will pr. 1 809. His widow, who was b. 15 Aug. 1754, d. II Nov. 1843, aged 89, in Hanover Terrace, Maryle- bone. Will pr. Feb. 1844. VISCOUNTCY [I.] I- 1793- EARLDOM [I.] I. 1800. EARLDOM AND VISCOUNTCY [I.] II. BARONY [I.] X. EARLDOM AND VISCOUNTCY [I.] III. BARONY [I.] XI. 2 and 10. Robert (Stewart), Earl Castle Stewart, i^c. [I.], s. and h., b. 19 Aug. 1784, in Dublin. He w., 23 Apr. yi8o9. 1806, Jemima, da. of ( — ) Robison, Col. Royal Artillery. He d. 10 June 1854, of bronchitis, at his seat, Stewart Hall, CO. Tyrone, aged 69. His widow d. 27 Apr. 1859, aged 73, at Killiney, Dublin. 3 and II. Edward (Stewart), Earl Castle Stewart, i^c. [I.], s. and h., b. II Sep. 1807. He m., Feb. 1830, at Paris, 1854. Emmeline, only surv. da. and h. of Benja- min Bathurst,('^) Sec. of Legation at Stock- holm, by Phillida, da. of Sir John Call, Bart. He d. s.p., 20 Feb. 1 857, at East Hill, Dover, and was bur. at Copt Hill, aged 49. His (^) See note "b" on preceding page. C") It is not known to the Editor when or why he assumed the surname of Moore. V.G. (■=) This was one of the many Irish Peerages cr. the day before the Union. See Appendix H to this volume. See, also, note sub Charles, Earl Cadogan [1800], as to the omission of the word "of" in the titles of Earldoms. {^) This is the man whose sudden and startling disappearance from the world re- mains one of the unsolved mysteries of history. V.G.