Editing Dugald Stewart (section)

==Freemasonry==
Like his father, Rev Dr Matthew Stewart, he was a Scottish Freemason. He was Initiated in the Lodge of his father - Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2, on 4 December 1775.<ref>History of the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2, compiled from the records 1677-1888. By Alan MacKenzie. 1888. P.245.</ref>

His friend and fellow Freemason, Robert Burns, made him an honorary member of Lodge St David, Tarbolton, No. 133, on 25 July 1787. This was whilst Stewart was staying at the family seat at [[Catrine]], [[Ayrshire]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Weir | first=John | title=Robert Burns, the Freemason | publisher=Lewis Masonic | publication-place=Addlestone | date=1996 | isbn=0-85318-213-2 | oclc=37245413}}</ref>