William Stewart (fl. c. 1580-1610) was a Scottish sea captain from Dundee. Stewart was skipper of one of the ships that took James VI to Norway in 1589, when the king sailed to meet Anne of Denmark. James VI gave him a present of 20 dalers from his dowry.[1] He was involved in a complex international shipping incident off the coast of Spain in 1593, as skipper of a ship belonging to George Bruce of Carnock.