# James Stewart — Kidnapped character guide

> James Stewart in Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** James, James Stewart, that James Stewart

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-i-hear-of-the-red-fox

## Snapshot

Ardshiel's half-brother and canny agent, the man who quietly collects the clansmen's secret rents — and whose name will one day be famous for a hanging.

## Who they are

James Stewart of the Glens is the steady hand behind Appin's exiled chief, funneling the hard-wrung guineas of crofters and farmers overseas while keeping peace with the Crown's factor, Colin Roy Campbell. Where Alan's temper burns hot against the Red Fox, James works by patience and accommodation — a caution that may prove as dangerous as any feud. His quiet management of impossible loyalties sets the whole machinery of the story in motion.

## Relationships

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_family_

Alan's foster brother and fellow Jacobite, bound by clan loyalty and shared danger.

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_family_

Alan's foster brother and fellow Jacobite, bound by clan loyalty and shared danger.

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_family_

Alan's foster brother and fellow Jacobite, bound by clan loyalty and shared danger.

## In the story

### [I Hear of the “Red Fox”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xii-i-hear-of-the-red-fox)

Mentioned as Ardshiel's half-brother and agent who manages the collection of rents for the exiled chief.

### [XVII: The Death of the Red Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xvii-the-death-of-the-red-fox)

James of the Glens is mentioned as the man David seeks in Aucharn, and is implicated in the murder by the lawyer.

### [XVIII: I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xviii-i-talk-with-alan-in-the-wood-of-lettermore)

James of the Glens, Alan's kinsman, is mentioned as the person they will visit at Aucharn to get clothes, arms, and money.

### [The House of Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xix-the-house-of-fear)

Hosts Alan and David; panics over the Appin Murder; organizes the hiding of weapons; agrees to issue a warrant against Alan and David to save himself.

### [XXI: The Flight in the Heather: The Heugh of Corrynakiegh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxi-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-heugh-of-corrynakiegh)

James is mentioned as having been clapped in prison at Fort William under strong suspicion of complicity in the Appin Murder. Mrs. Stewart's note warns that if Alan is captured, both he and James are as good as dead.

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