Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway

Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway (16 September 1800 – 2 January 1873) was the Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 1828 to 1845; and of Wigton from 1828 to 1851.

[1] He was the eldest son of eight children born to George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway and his wife Lady Jane Paget.

[4] His paternal grandparents were John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and Anne, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet.

He served alongside William Carus Wilson (from 1821 to 1826), Laurence Peel (from 1827 to 1830), and Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (from 1830 to 1831).

[2] His widow, the dowager countess, died in 1885 at her home in Eaton Square, London, aged 74.