James Stewart (advocate)

The Much Honoured Sir James Stewart, Bt
Portrait of Sir James STEUART of Goodtrees and Coltness
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh
In office 1713–1715
Preceded by	Sir Patrick Johnston
Succeeded by	Sir George Warrender
Personal details
Born	1681
Died	9 August 1727 (aged 46) Great Britain
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Anne Dalrymple
Relations	Sir James Stewart (grandfather) William Mure (nephew) Sir James Steuart Denham (grandson)
Children	12, including James
Parents	Sir James Stewart Agnes Traill

Sir James Stewart or Steuart, 1st Baronet (1681 – 9 August 1727) was a Scottish lawyer and politician.

He was the first son of Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees (1635–1713) by his first wife Agnes, daughter of the Rev. Robert Traill, and grandson of Sir James Stewart of Coltness (1608–1681), Lord Provost of Edinburgh. His father, a distinguished lawyer and an active Whig, was appointed Lord Advocate by William II and III in 1692. His sister, Anne Stewart, married William Mure of Caldwell, father of William Mure (1718–1776).

Stewart followed his father into the law and became an advocate in 1704. In May 1705, he was elected to the Parliament of Scotland for Queensferry and was created a Baronet, of Goodtrees, on 22 December.

The failure of the Stewarts to support the Act of Union 1707 meant that the younger Stewart was not chosen to represent Scotland in the first Parliament of Great Britain, and did not stand at the general election in 1708. The elder Stewart was replaced as Lord Advocate by Sir David Dalrymple in 1709, but the younger Stewart succeeded Dalrymple as Solicitor-General, holding the office jointly with Thomas Kennedy of Dunure. Dalrymple, uncle to Stewart's wife Anne, supported the candidacy of his nephew-by-marriage for Edinburgh in 1710 without success.