Peter Maxwell Stuart

Peter D'Arcy Joseph Maxwell-Stuart, 20th Laird of Traquair (16 November 1922 – 1990)^[1] was a Scottish landowner. He rediscovered the 18th-century brewery at Traquair House and became a noted brewer.

He was the father of Catherine Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair.

Early life

Stuart was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1922,^[2] to Francis Joseph Maxwell-Stuart, 19th Laird of Traquair, and Dorothy Mary Hartley.^[1]

Career

Traquair House

Stuart was an officer in the British Indian Army and a managing director at Vickers.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 1960s,^[3] he rediscovered the 18th-century brewery at Traquair House and began brewing beer using the original equipment.^[4] Some of the oak barrels were over 200 years old.^[5]

David Geary, who established D. L. Geary Brewing Company in the United States in 1983, worked as an intern under Stuart to learn the craft of brewing.^[6][7][8] Geary began distributing Stuart's Traquair House Ale in 1984.^[9]

Personal life

In 1956, Stuart married Flora Carr-Saunders,^[1] daughter of Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, with whom he had a daughter, Catherine,^[1] in 1964. She became the 21st Lady of Traquair.^[2][5]

Death

Stuart died in February 1990,^[10] aged 68.^[11]