Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway (1 September 1774 – 30 June 1842), formerly Lady Jane Paget , was the wife of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway .
She was the daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge , and sister of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ,[1] and his wife, the former Jane Champagné.[2]
She married Stewart on 18 April 1797.[3]
They had eight children, three of whom died in infancy:[4]
Lady Jane Stewart (1798–1844), who married her first cousin, George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough , and had children
Lady Caroline Stewart (1799–1857)
Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway (1800–1873)
Lady Louisa Stewart (1804–1889), who married William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham , and had children
Hon Arthur Stewart (1805–1806)
Hon Alan Stewart (1807–1808)
Lady Helen Stewart (1810–1813)
Vice Admiral Hon Keith Stewart (1814–1879),[5] who married Mary FitzRoy, daughter of Charles Augustus FitzRoy , and had children
The earl died in 1834 and his wife became known as Dowager Countess of Galloway. She died at Rutland Gate, Hyde Park, London , aged 67.[6]
^ Marshall, John (1823). Royal Naval Biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1760, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda . Vol. I, Part II. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green . pp. 444 –446. Retrieved 12 October 2013 .
^ [1] Christening of Brownlow Bayley-Paget, son of Jane Champagne. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Accessed 14 August 2016.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
^ Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick, ed. (2013). "Earl of Galloway" . Cracrofts Peerage . Retrieved 12 October 2013 .
^ "Births, Marriages, Deaths". The Cornishman . No. 62. 18 September 1879. p. 5.
^ Annual Register . J. Dodsley. 1843. pp. 1–.