Sir Alan Stewart of Dreghorn 
Alan was born in 1272 in Dreghorn, Scotland.1 Alan's father was John of Bonkyl Stewart and his mother was Margaret de Bonkyl. His paternal grandparents were 4th High Steward of Scotland Alexander Stewart and Jean MacRorie of Bute; his maternal grandparents were Sir Alexander Bonkyl and <Unknown>. He had six brothers and a sister, named Alexander, Walter, James, John, Robert, Hugh and Isobel. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He had a half-sister named Margaret. He died at the age of 61 on July 19th, 1333 in Halidon Hill, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England.2 General Notes
Sir Alan Stewart was the son of Sir John Stewart, Lord of Bonkyl and Margaret De Bonkyl. He was born before 1298. He died on 19 July 1333, killed in action.
He fought in the Battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333.
Sir Alan Stewart; granted the lands of Dreghorn, Ayr, for his services to Robert I The Bruce ; bought the lands of Crookston, including the territorial Lordship of Darnley 1330; killed a t Battle of Halidon Hill1333. [Burke's Peerage]
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John's second son was Sir Alan of Dreghorn whose family became the Earls and Dukes of Lennox.
Battle of Halidon Hill (July 19, 1333) was fought during the second War of Scottish Independence. Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated on unfavourable terrain while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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Sir Alan Stewart of Dreghorn (k.1333) was a Scottish nobleman.
The son of John Stewart of Bonkyll and his wife Margaret de Bonkyll, Sir Alan fought for Robert the Bruce during the First War of Scottish Independence.
Sir Alan accompanied Edward Bruce to Ireland in 1315, following the latter's attempt at the throne of Ireland. He was captured by the English in 1316 but was quickly ransomed. For his services to the King, Sir Alan was granted the lands of Dreghorn in Ayrshire.
Sir Alan Stewart was killed with his brothers, Sir James and Sir John Stewart, at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1105 in Oswestrie, Shropshire, England d.1177
- b.1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.1125 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.1180 in Scotland d.1246
- b.1090 in Galloway, Scotland d.1161 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
- b.1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.1214 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283
- b.1118 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.1187
- b.1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.1210 in Forfar, Angushire, Scotland
- b.1118 in Northumberland, England
- b.1184 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1114 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland
- b.1152 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1213
- b.1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1245 in Scotland d.22 Jul 1298 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.1190 in Bute, Scotland
- b.1218 in Bute, Scotland
<Unknown>
- b.1272 in Dreghorn, Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England
- b.1249 in Berwickshire, Scotland d.1304
<Unknown>
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Details of Alan's family with Marion Cameron
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