The son of the sixth earl (d.1779); in 1773 he married Mary Ravenscroft, daughter of George Ravenscroft. He was an acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott.

REFERENCES TO Charles Stewart, seventh earl of Traquair:

Sir Walter Scott to Jane Scott, 23 March 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)