The 13th Earl of Galloway 1928-2020

_. The 13th Earl of Galloway, Scottish peer, died 27 March, 2020. He was 91.

Randolph Keith Reginald Stewart was born 14 October, 1928, son of the 12th Earl of Galloway [1892-1978], landowner, by his wife the former Philippa Fendall Wendell [died 22 Feb, 1974], daughter of Jacob Wendell, of New York.

Randolph, known by the courtesy title of Lord Garlies from his birth, was dogged by mental issues throughout his life. He married, 17 October, 1975, Mrs May Lily Budge [who died 29 Oct, 1999], daughter of Andrew Miller, of Duns, Berwickshire. The marriage was seen by his family as an unsuitable match, and his father disinherited his son and heir.

Randolph, Lord Garlies, succeeded his father, 13 June, 1978, as 13th Earl of Galloway [Peerage of Scotland cr 1623], Lord Garlies [Peerage of Scotland, cr 1607], Baron Stewart of Garlies [Peerage of GB, cr 1796]; the 12th Baronet, of 'Corsewell' [cr 1627], and 10th Baronet, of 'Burray' [cr 1687].

Lord Galloway is succeeded in all his honours by his second cousin once removed, Andrew Clyde Stewart [born 13 March, 1949], son of Maj Alexander David Stewart, MBE [1914-85], by his wife the former Daphne Marion Bonsor, daughter of Sir Reginald Bonsor, 2nd Bt.

The new peer married 5 March, 1977 [div], Sara Pollock [now Sara Agnew], by whom he has issue, a son, Alexander Patrick Stewart [born 18 Nov, 1980], who now assumes the courtesy title Lord Garlies, and 2 daughters, Tania and Zoe. The younger daughter, now Lady Zoe, is the wife of Jakie James [Jake] Warren [born 1986], a godson of Diana, Princess of Wales,  son of the Queen's racehorse trainer, John Frederick Rufus Warren, by his wife the former Lady Carolyn Penelope Herbert [born 1962], daughter of the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, KBE, KCVO [1924-2011].

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