Mark MacTaggart-Stewart

Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart, 1st Baronet (12 October 1834 – 26 September 1923), known as Mark John Stewart until 1880, was a Scottish Tory Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He represented Wigtown Burghs from 1874 to 1880 and again for a few months later in 1880 and also sat for Kirkcudbrightshire between 1885 and 1906 and briefly in 1910.

In 1880 he assumed the additional surname of MacTaggart. On 7 October 1892, he was made a Baronet, of Southwick in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Blairderry in the County of Wigtown. MacTaggart-Stewart died in September 1923, aged 88. He was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his only surviving son, Sir Edward Orde MacTaggart-Stewart, 2nd Baronet.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Young	Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs 1874—1880	Succeeded by John McLaren
Preceded by John McLaren	Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs 1880—1880	Succeeded by Sir John Dalrymple-Hay, Bt
Preceded by John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell	Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbrightshire 1885—1906	Succeeded by Gilbert McMicking
Preceded by Gilbert McMicking	Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbrightshire Jan — Dec 1910	Succeeded by Gilbert McMicking
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Southwick and Blairderry) 1892–1923	Succeeded by Edward Orde McTaggart-Stewart