2nd of Baldorran
Granted Easter Baldoran in 1466 by Lord Darnley (letter from Philip B. Stewart, 6 Sabal Ct., Sewall's Pt., Stuart, Fl., 4/24/1990).
Tradition holds that James was born after his father fled to Ireland in 1429, or at the very least after his father burned Dumbarton in 1425. However such a late date of birth is very difficult to reconcile with later generations. It must be considered that James Beag may have been born before his father burned Dumbarton and was merely raised in Antrim. His mother is believed to have been a daughter of Iain Mor Tanister MacDonald, later to become 1st Earl of Antrim, son of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles.
James Beag was restored to royal favour, despite the fact that his father participated in outright rebellion against the Crown. James was invited back to Scotland and given the lands of Baldorran. The close allegiance between the Stewarts of Albany and the Buchanans of that Ilk may suggest the means by which James was able to return to royal favour and return to Scotland. James married about 1438 to his first cousin once removed, Annabel BUCHANAN, daughter of Patrick Buchanan, 13th of that Ilk. She was born ABT 1415-1420 in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Her grandmother was Isabel Stewart, James' aunt.
James is believed to have died before 1484 as his son William is styled "of Baldorran" in his own right at the time of his marriage in 1484 and William's younger brothers are styled as "brother of William Stewart of Baldorran" at the time that they acquired their estates (The Stewarts of Balquhidder)