Stuarts

Cultural  

1. A Scottish family that ruled England from the early seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century, except for the eleven years of the Commonwealth. The last Stuart, Queen Anne, died without any surviving children. The crown then passed to the House of Hanover.

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Example Sentences

Should the crown remain with the Stuarts, as many Scots argued, even if the heir happened to be Catholic?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

There has been a place of worship on the site since at least the 14th Century, and today's Georgian building includes the tomb of an archbishop of Canterbury from the reign of the Stuarts.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The tradition of lying in state stretches back to the time of the Stuarts — who reigned from 1603 to 1714 — when sovereigns lay in state for a number of days.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2022

Ian Tolson, an avocado grower and packer in Stuarts Point, New South Wales, said he had sent away a lot of lower-end fruit this year to be turned into oil.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

“Besides, I am not a Gribley. I am a Stuart, and the Stuarts loved the land.”

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George