Stuart

Stuart may refer to:

  • Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name)
  • Famous Stuarts

  • Stuart Smith (Bike champion of EH3)
  • Stuart Little (Mouse)
  • Places

  • Stuart, the former name for Alice Springs, Northern Territory (changed 1933)
  • Stuart Park, an inner city suburb of Darwin
  • Central Mount Stuart, a mountain peak in the Northern Territory
  • Electoral district of Stuart, a state electoral district in South Australia
  • Stuart, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville
  • Stuart Highway
  • Castle Stuart
  • Stuart, Florida
  • Stuart, Iowa
  • Stuart, Nebraska
  • Stuart, Oklahoma
  • Stuart, Virginia
  • Stuart Township, Holt County, Nebraska
  • Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, Chicago, Illinois
  • Mount Stuart, Washington, a mountain in the Cascade Range
  • Stuart Channel, a strait in the Gulf of Georgia region of British Columbia
  • Other uses

  • House of Stuart, a royal house of Scotland and England
  • Clan Stuart of Bute, a Scottish clan
  • Stuart period, a historical era in Britain coinciding with the rule of the Stuart dynasty
  • Stuart (name)

    Stuart is a traditionally masculine given name as well as a surname. It is the French form of the surname Stewart. The French form of the surname was brought to Scotland from France by Mary Stuart, in the 16th century. The surname Stewart is an occupational name for the administrative official of an estate. The name is derived from the Middle English stiward, and Old English stigweard, stiweard. The Old English word is composed of the elements stig, meaning "house(hold)"; and weard, meaning "guardian". In pre-Conquest times, a steward was an officer who controlled the domestic affairs of a household, especially of a royal household. After the Conquest, the term was used as an equivalent of Seneschal, a steward of a manor or estate.

    A variant form of the given name and surname is Stewart. Pet forms of the given name are Stu, Stew and Stewie.

    Surname

  • Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891), American politician
  • Angus Stuart, British rugby union player
  • Alexander Moody Stuart (1809–1898), minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)
  • House of Stuart

    The House of Stuart is a European royal house. Founded by Robert II, the House of Stuart—also spelled Stewart in Scottish contexts—first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century before inheriting the kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Ireland in the 17th century. The dynasty's patrilineal Breton ancestors had held the office of High Steward of Scotland since the 12th century, after arriving by way of Norman England. In 1707, Queen Anne became the first monarch of the newly merged Kingdom of Great Britain. The family also maintained the traditional English claims to the Kingdom of France.

    In total, nine Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland alone from 1371 until 1603. James VI of Scotland then inherited the realms of Elizabeth I of England, becoming James I of England in the Union of the Crowns. In all, four Stuart kings ruled the British Isles, with an interregnum of parliamentary rule lasting from 1649 to 1660 as a result of the English Civil War. Following the Glorious Revolution in 1688, two Stuart queens ruled the isles: Mary II and Anne. Both were the daughters of James II and VII; because of their family's Catholic ties, under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement and the 1704 Act of Security, the crown passed from the House of Stuart to the House of Hanover.

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