Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608 – 31 March 1681) was a Scottish merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter.Steuart was the posthumous son of James Steuart of Allanton, Lanarkshire. He was a merchant and banker in Edinburgh and acquired the estates of Kirkfield, Lanarkshire and Coltness, both in Lanarkshire.Steuart served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1649, Commissioner for Edinburgh (Parliament of Scotland constituency) to the Parliament of Scotland from 1649 to 1650, and Lord Provost again in 1659. At the Restoration he was dismissed as a Covenanter and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle.In 1630 he married Anne, daughter of Henry Hope and niece of the Lord Advocate Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall. She died in 1646, and Steuart married in 1648 Marion, widow of Sir John Elliott and only daughter and heiress of David McCulloch, of Goodtrees.His children by his first marriage included Sir Thomas Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Coltness; James Steuart (1635–1713), of Goodtrees; and Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Allanbank.. }
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- James_Steuart_of_Coltness abstract "Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608 – 31 March 1681) was a Scottish merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter.Steuart was the posthumous son of James Steuart of Allanton, Lanarkshire. He was a merchant and banker in Edinburgh and acquired the estates of Kirkfield, Lanarkshire and Coltness, both in Lanarkshire.Steuart served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1649, Commissioner for Edinburgh (Parliament of Scotland constituency) to the Parliament of Scotland from 1649 to 1650, and Lord Provost again in 1659. At the Restoration he was dismissed as a Covenanter and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle.In 1630 he married Anne, daughter of Henry Hope and niece of the Lord Advocate Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall. She died in 1646, and Steuart married in 1648 Marion, widow of Sir John Elliott and only daughter and heiress of David McCulloch, of Goodtrees.His children by his first marriage included Sir Thomas Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Coltness; James Steuart (1635–1713), of Goodtrees; and Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Allanbank.".