Mary Stuart was beheaded, 1588 (New Style).
James II. of England was dethroned, 1688.
Charles Edward died, 1788.
⁂ James Stuart, the “Old Pretender,” was born, 1688, the very year that his father abdicated.
James Stuart, the famous architect, died, 1788.
(Some affirm that Robert II., the first Stuart king, died 1388, the year of the great battle of Otterbum; but the death of this king is more usually fixed in the spring of 1390.)
Stuart (Jack), frank, brave, unintellectual lover of Constance Varley, and one of the travelling-party in the Holy Land. Through a fatal combination of misunderstandings, the man she has loved for years leaves her without uttering the words that burned upon his tongue, and the lonely-hearted girl turns for comfort to the assured, patient affection of the honest fellow who makes no secret of his devotion. Constance Varley marries Jack Stuart.--Julia Constance Fletcher, Mirage (1878).
Stubble (Reuben), bailiff to Farmer Cornflower, rough in manner, severe in discipline, a stickler for duty, “a plain, upright, and downright man,” true to his master and to himself.--C. Dibdin, The Farmer’s Wife (1780).
Stubbs, the beadle at Willingham. The Rev. Mr. Staunton was the rector.--Sir W. Scott, Heart of Midlothian (time, George II.).
Stubbs (Miss Sissly or Cecilia), daughter of Squire Stubbs, one of Waverley’s neighbors.--Sir W. Scott, Waverley (time, George II.).