Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
French nobleman · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1542 to 1583 · aged 41
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox, 6th Seigneur d'Aubigny of the Château d'Aubigny at Aubigny-sur-Nère in the ancient province of Berry, France, was a French nobleman of Scottish ancestry who, on his move to Scotland at the age of 37, became a favourite of the 13-year-old King James VI of Scotland.
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Esmé Stewart was the first cousin of James' father, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. Despite his conversion from Catholicism to Calvinism he was never trusted by the Scots and returned to France where he ended his days. Sir James Melville described him as "of nature upright, just and gentle". He was the first to popularise the first name Esmé in the British Isles.
