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- ↑ Kelly 2004, p. 746: "... was probably the fourth son of Robert Stewart, first earl of Orkney (1533–1593) and his wife Jean Kennedy (d. 1598), who had been born by 1584."
- Kelly, W. P. (2004), "Stewart, Robert (1670?)" , in Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 52, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 746–748, ISBN 0-19-861402-0
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stewart, Robert (d.1670?)". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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