Salt-foot controversy

APPENDIX. Ill
6th son of Sir John Stewart of Bonkell, whose descendants
form one of the most extensive branches of the Stewart
race. After those gentleman, I would venture to suggest
to your notice my own genealogical labours. They are con-
tained in the Sketch of the descent of the House of Bon-
kill which you will find subjoined to the present Letter.*
It is true this delineation is not like your Table, elegantly
engraved, nor are the corners decorated with valuable
fac-similies of the seals belonging to the Lord High Stew-
ard, or of any of the race of Castlemilk. Yet it will be
found to comprise an impartial view of the dfferent heads
of families descended from the Lord High Steward, &c.
&c. Again,-f- " Before I (Sir H. S.) filled up the place
of the 6th son of the House of Bonkill, in my Genealo-
gical Sketch, I thought it proper to apply to the person
at the head of that branch of the name (Mr Stewart of
Allanton) in order to learn why the existence of a race
(that of Allanton), so uniformly recorded by every genea-
logist since the time of Symson, was at length arbitrarily
suppressed by the author of the Genealogical History of
the Stewarts ? (Andrew Stewart) the gentleman just now
mentioned, after producing to me very satisfactory docu-
ments of his descent from Sir Robert Stewart who was de-
signed of Daldue? made answer nearly to the following
purport: " The question, Sir, Which you put, I know
• not if I can well answer ; as, ever since I saw Mr Andrew
<{ Stuart's book, the circumstance has puzzled myself. I
«* cannot conjecture why the author of that (work in which
*« no labour of investigation seems to have been spared) did
" not, on the point in question, prefer a more to a less ob-
" vious source of intelligence, and direct application to my*
* The same as the Pedigree stated at [>. 17.
t lb. p. 137.