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Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1331-1361) was a medieval Scottish nobleman.

He was the son of John Stewart of Bonkyll and Margaret de Abernethy. Stewart was an infant when his father died and inherited his estates and titles in Berwickshire, Abernethy and Angus.

In 1353 he married Margaret Sinclair, a daughter of William de St Clair of Rosslyn. (St Clair was slain in 1330, along with Sir James Douglas, at the Battle of Teba whilst accompanying King Robert's Heart to the Holy Land.) The petition for this marriage was sent to the Holy See, with support from John II of France, which would suggest that the young Angus spent time at the French court.

Present at the siege of Berwick in 1355, Angus was one of the lords that negotiated the release of David II following his 10-year captivity following the Battle of Neville's Cross. At some point in the late 1350s, Stewart was made Great Chamberlain of Scotland, an office he lost at some point before 1359, when Walter de Biggar was in office.

Angus was considered one of the conspirators in the murder of King David's mistress, Catherine Mortimer, at Soutra in 1360, and was duly imprisoned. Whilst being held at Dumbarton Castle, he succumbed to Bubonic plague in 1361.

Marriage and issue

Thomas Stewart had two daughters by Margaret Sinclair:

• Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar, and mother to George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
• Elizabeth Stewart, married Alexander Hamilton of Ballencrieff and Innerwick, ancestors of the Earls of Haddington.

References

1. Johnston, George Harvey (1906). The heraldry of the Stewarts : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. W. & A.K. Johnston. p. 48.
2. Scots Peerage.Vol I, p. 170
3. Scots Peerage.Vol I, p. 170
4. Maxwell.Vol II.p.3
5. Scots Peerage.Vol I, p. 170

Sources

• Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage-IX Vols. Edinburgh 1904
• Maxwell, Sir Herbert. A History of the House of Douglas-II Vols. London 1902

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10th-century mormaers	Dubacan Cuncar
Mormaers from the Angus and Umfraville line	Gille Brigte Adam Gille Críst Donnchadh Máel Coluim Matilda (with 1. John Comyn; 2. Gilbert de Umfraville) Gilbert de Umfraville Robert de Umfraville
Earls from the Stewart line	John Stewart Thomas Stewart Margaret Stewart (with Thomas, Earl of Mar)
Earls from the Douglas line	George Douglas, 1st Earl William Douglas, 2nd Earl James Douglas, 3rd Earl George Douglas, 4th Earl Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl David Douglas, 7th Earl Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl William Douglas, 9th Earl William Douglas, 10th Earl William Douglas, 11th Earl
As a subsidiary title	William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus and 1st Marquess of Douglas James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (and James Douglas, Earl of Angus) Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas Duke of Hamilton from 1761
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