Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley was a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch, which led to the ultimate union of the two main kingdoms of Great Britain: England and Scotland. In 1565 the House of Stewart of Darnley was re-united with the Royal House of Stewart when Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley married his first cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, both being grandchildren of Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, and hence
HMS Monarch (1747) Henry Harrison in 1754, followed by Captain Abraham North in 1755. "Monarch" became the flagship of Rear-Admiral Savage Mostyn, and sailed for North America in April 1755. "Monarch" joined Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen's squadron in North America, with Captain North being succeeded by Captain George Rodney in 1756. "Monarch" joined Henry Osborn's fleet in January 1756, and served with Sir Edward Hawke from March that year. By 1757 she was back in Portsmouth, during the court martial of Admiral Sir John Byng. Admiral Byng had commanded the British fleet sent to relieve Menorca in 1756, but after a brief and indecisive