James Stuart CB of Gracehill

[Benody1921]

It's so frustrating that I can't get a hold of James Stuart's Will. I'm sure it had lots of telling information.

I wonder if Richard Benson had a sister who might have known James Stuart. I should try to look at Caroline Irwin's Will and see if she mentions anything. I have such a hard time reading the Wills.

[Benody1921]

I had an email from an author name Paul O'Keeffe. I had enquired about another possible child of Henry Benson Stuart. There is a collection at Cornell University on the artist and author Wyndham Lewis. His mother was born Annie Stuart Prickett. The GRO has her birth as Annie Stuart Dangerfield with no mother's maiden name.  Paul O'Keeffe had written a biography on Wyndham Lewis about 20 years ago and made mention of a Henry Benson Stuart. He said he couldn't remember the reference but when he was going through the collection he found a picture of a servant woman wearing a sari and holding a little white baby. This lead Paul to believe that there must have been an East Indian background to Wyndham Lewis. I also found that Annie Stuart Lewis had made an enquiry to the War Office about Henry Benson Stuart. This was in 1908 and he had already died by then. I believe she was his biological daughter. It would be really interesting to get a hold of that picture and see if there was any sort of caption.

[Fritz10]

Fascinating.
Best of luck with that. It could be an excellent lead.

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https://archive.org/details/stewartsofballin00hill/page/n7?q=Derrykeighan

[Benody1921]

https://archive.org/details/stewartsofballin00hill/page/n7?q=Derrykeighan

This is fantastic. Thank you!

[hallmark]

No problem!


I didn't read it.....   

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Subject=  Stuart family

https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Stuart+family%22&page=2

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http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2015/12/1st-earl-castle-stewart.html

[Fritz10]

The reference that you would find invaluable is. Three hundred years in Innishowen by Amy Young.
She was a Stuart before her marriage and has written an extensive and invaluable history which documents much of the family history.
You might be able to get it from a library but it is rare. However, I note a copy for sale as below.
http://www.deburcararebooks.com/three-hundred-years-in-innishowen-by-young-amy-isabel-e75/