Stuart

Stuart may be:.

• a surname
• a male first name meaning Servant.
• An alternative spelling is Stewart. The current French spelling "Stuart" was introduced by Mary I of Scotland (Mary, Queen of Scots), who lived in France after her marriage to the Dauphin.

Etymology

It originates from the House of Stuart, a ruling family of Scotland and England. However, what is less well known is that the name comes from Old English, stigeweard meaning "guard/warden of the [pig] sty". The title came about in Anglo-Saxon times, when a chieftain would appoint someone to look after a sacrificial pig.

The name eventually came to mean "one who watches over something", and thus was applied to Scotland where the High Steward watched over the realm. The descendants of those original Scottish stewards were the House of Stuart.

People

Surname

• Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891), American politician
• Alexander Moody Stuart (1809-1898), minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)
• Bob Stuart (1920-2005), New Zealand WW2 Naval Commander and All Blacks player, captain and coach
• David Stuart (disambiguation), several people
• Francis Stuart (1902–2000), Irish writer and Saoi of Aosdána
• Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), American painter
• Gloria Stuart (b. 1910), American actress
• Herbert Akroyd Stuart (1864–1927), British engineer
• Imogen Stuart, (b. 1927), sculptor and member of Aosdána
• J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War
• Jamie Stuart (b. 1976), English footballer
• Jesse Stuart (1906–1984), American writer
• John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), Scottish-Australian explorer
• John Stuart, several people
• Mary Stuart, several people
• Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher
• Michael Stuart (disambiguation), several people
• Oliver Stuart (1881–1973), British explorer and ornithologist
• Peter Stuart, American songwriter and musician
• Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby league player and coach
• Stuart Zender, original bass player from Jamiroquai

First name

• Stuart Broad (b. 1986), English cricketer
• Stuart Chatwood (b. 1969), British-born Canadian rock musician
• Stuart Douglas (b. 1978), English footballer
• Stuart Downing (b. 1984), English footballer
• Stuart Green (b. 1981), English footballer
• Stuart Green (boxer) (b. 1984), Scottish boxer
• Stuart McDonald (b. 1931), editorial cartoonist
• Stuart Rendell (b. 1972), Australian hammer thrower
• Stuart Sutcliffe (b. 1940), English artist and original bassist of The Beatles
• Stuart Thurgood (b. 1981), English footballer
• Stuart Wilson, several people
• Stuart Morris, several people

Places

Australia

• Stuart, the former name for Alice Springs, Northern Territory (changed 1933)
• Central Mount Stuart, a mountain peak in the Northern Territory
• Electoral district of Stuart, a state electoral district in South Australia

United States

• Stuart, Florida
• Stuart, Iowa
• Stuart, Nebraska
• Stuart, Oklahoma
• Stuart, Virginia
• Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, Chicago, Illinois
• Mount Stuart, Washington, a mountain in the Cascade Range

Fictional characters

• Stuart (locomotive on the Mid Sodor Railway, later named Peter Sam), a character in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
• Stuart Chandler, a character on All My Children played by David Canary
• Stuart Larkin, a recurring character on MADtv, played by Michael McDonald
• Stuart Little, the main character of the E. B. White novel of the same name later turned into three successful films:
  • Stuart Little (film), released in 1999
  • Stuart Little 2, released in 2002
  • Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, which went direct-to-video in 2006
• Stu Redman, one of the main characters from Stephen King's The Stand
• Stuart Smalley, a recurring character played by Al Franken on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live

Other

• Kerr Stuart, English railway locomotive manufacturer
• Stuart tank, American WW2 tank named after J.E.B. Stuart