Catherine Maxwell Stuart is the Director of Heritage at Beyond Borders Scotland. She is currently the 21st Lady of Traquair. She lives at Traquair House where she was born and brought up. Over the past 20 years she has been actively involved in tourism, the arts, heritage and business both locally and nationally. She has been a board member of the Scottish Enterprise Borders, the Broadcasting Council for Scotland and non-Exec director of Border TV. She also sat on the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Records and Archives and currently is Chair of the Scottish Borders Area Tourism Partnership.

Events participated in:

The British Country House and Its Secrets: Listen as Catherine Maxwell-Stuart introduces Ben Cowell OBE, Director-General of the Historic Houses association and author of the British Country House Revival, as he talks to Geoffrey Baskerville on The Rise and Fall of the Stately Home, and as Wessley Edmonds reveals how she found a letter from the Traquair House archives uncovering the story of an enslaved boys life. (2024)

Literary Walk: Join Catherine Maxwell Stuart and Alasdair Allan on a walk from Toll Wood as he reads from his new book exploring the Scottish Borders. (2022)

Book Launch: Decameron: Join Roddy Martine, Catherine and Mark Muller Stuart, Andrew Brown, and others, as they talk about their scrapbook Decameron in which 10 friends explored 10 artistic themes for 10 weeks during lockdown 2020. (2021)

Traquair’s Jacobite Connection: Catherine Maxwell-Stuart and Margaret Fox tell thestory of how Traquair became the Jacobites’ most southerly Scottish Stronghold. (2017)

Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley: After the murder of her secretary, Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley stayed at Traquair House. Six months later Lord Darnley was assassinated in one of Britain’s most notorious unsolved murders. 450 years later, Catherine Maxwell Stuart introduces Alison Weir as she sheds new light on the conspiracy. (2016)

Globes of Traquair: Catherine Muller Stuart and Jerry Brotton explore Traquair’s historic globes. (2016)

Reclaiming Traquair’s History: Geoffrey Baskerville talks to Flora and Catherine Maxwell Stuartas they discuss the history of Traquair during the 20th and 21st centuries and how the family brought the House back to public life. (2014)

Walk – If the Trees Could Talk, What Would They Say: A Talking Science Project in partnership with Beyond Borders Scotland and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Join this session to explore Traquair’s historic landscape and discover the stories of its amazing trees. (2013)

A Family Life Revealed: Catherine Muller Stuart and Traquair archivist, Margaret Fox give an insight into the lives of the Stuarts at Traquair from 1491 – 1875, from their recently published book based on letters and documents from the archives. (2013)

The Stuart Dynasty in the Scottish Borders: Geoffrey Baskerville in conversation with Allan Massie and Catherine Muller Stuart on the legacy of the Stuart Dynasty. (2011)