The House of Staart - Staar, W a R T

When mary, queen of scots, arrived in paris she found that most people pronounced her surname, steart, without the w sound. She modified the spelling by dropping the w in the middle and inserting a u to represent the vow sound. That brought the spelling more in line with the french pronunciation. And from that point on, the house of stuart spelled s t e, w a r t became the house ofstuart spelled  s t u, a r tTo day, you might find the name stuart spelled either with a w, or in the french fashion, with a u.