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Rh he was nominated, 3 Dec. following and 22 Sept. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Pulteney Malcolm. In the latter ship, to which he was confirmed 11 June, 1798, he assisted at the blockade of Mangalore. He returned to England in Aug. 1803; obtained, in 1804, an appointment in the Sea Fencibles at Dundee; acquired the rank of Commander 22 Jan. 1806; and from 25 Sept. following until the receipt of his Post-commission, bearing date 27 Feb. 1812, was employed (with the exception of an interval of two months in the summer of 1808) in the 16, on various parts of the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Home stations. He made prize, during that period, of two privateers, and accompanied the expeditions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

 STEWART. 

, born 7 March, 1795, is son of the late Hon. J. Stewart, Judge of the Supreme Court of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley on the coast of North America; where he continued to serve, with occasional intervals, in the 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren,  38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke,  74 and  80, bearing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, until Aug. 1815. While employed in the latter ship he received a Lieutenant’s commission dated 1 Sept. 1814. His subsequent appointments were – 23 Aug. 1815, to the 74, guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton – 16 June, 1817, to the 18, Capt. John Gore, on the North American station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in Dec. 1818 – 24 Aug. 1821, to the  18, Capts. Wm. Hendry and Rich. Hoare, fitting for service at Halifax – 3 May, 1823, after a few months of half-pay, to the 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste – 18 June, 1825, to the 42, Capts. Robt. Gambier and Geo. Rose Sartorius, in which frigate he escorted Mr. Morier, the British Commissioner, to Mexico, and was then for a considerable time employed off Lisbon – 18 Sept. 1829, to the 78, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, guard-ship at Sheerness, where he remained until the close of 1830 – and 7 June, 1844, to the  steamer, for the purpose of attending upon the Emperor of Russia. He was advanced to his present rank on 14 of the month last mentioned; and is now on half-pay.

Commander Stewart married, 2 Aug. 1830, Frances Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart., K.C.B., by whom he has issue four daughters. – Messrs. Chard.

 STEWART. 

is brother of Capt. Chas. Stewart, late of the 24th Regt., whose heroism and presence of mind saved from destruction the passengers and crew of the Archduke Charles transport, when wrecked, near Halifax, in June, 1816 (see U.S. Journal for 1831, Pt. III, p. 88); nephew of Major Geo. Desbrisay, of the 40th Regt.; and first-cousin of Lieut. Thos. Henry Wm. Desbrisay, R.M., who served in the boats under the present in a dashing attack upon the enemy’s batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the Mauritius, 1 May, 1810.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 28, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, stationed at Newfoundland. From March, 1808, until March, 1812, he was employed in the East Indies, the greater part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, in 36, Capt. John Wainwright,  32 and  36, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Jones Lye (under whom he assisted at the reduction of the Isle of France and Java), and 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton. He then returned home in the ; and after serving for about two years on the Channel, Brazilian, and Halifax stations, in the 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole,  50, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, and 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was nominated, 1 Jan. 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the 38, Capt. Sam. Pym. He was promoted officially 25 April following; and was subsequently appointed – in 1815-16, to the and  frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon on Home service – 7 Dec. 1822, for three months, to the  18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, on the Cork station – and 8 July, 1833, to the command, which he retained until 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard. He has not been since employed. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 STEWART. 

entered the Navy 29 June, 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the Mediterranean – 5 Oct. 1841, to the 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, under whom he was for three years employed, chiefly on the East India station – 12 Sept. and 6 Oct. 1845, as Senior, to the  troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe, and 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown and Fred. Wilmot Horton, the latter attached to the force on the coast of Africa – and 20 Feb. 1847, as Additional, to the Receiving-ship at Cork, Capts. Sam. Rosser Protheroe and Geo. Augustus Bedford.

 STEWART, C.B.

, born 3 Aug. 1791, is second surviving son of the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., of Greenock and Blackball, Lord-Lieutenant of co. Renfrew, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Wm. Maxwell, Bart., of Sprinkell, co. Dumfries. He is brother of Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lancaster from 1831 until 1837, and for co. Renfrew in 1841; brother also of the Duchess of Somerset; and uncle of the present Sir Michael Robt. Shaw Stewart, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Sir John Gore, under whom he escorted the Marquis Cornwallis as Governor-General to India, and returned home from Calcutta, a distance of 13,831 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 82 days. Following Sir John into the 74, he served in that ship off Brest and L’Orient, and witnessed the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood. On the latter occasion he was present in the boat which took possession of La Gloire of 46 guns. In the ensuing Oct. he joined the 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane and Thos. Garth; in the boats of which ship we find him, 7 Jan. 1807, contributing to the destruction of Fort Roquette, at the entrance of the Bay of Arcasson. In July, 1808, he aided in enforcing the surrender of the Castle of Mongat, by which the road to Gerona, then besieged by the French, had been completely commanded; in Sept. of the same year he united in destroying the semaphores at Bourdique, La Pinde, St. Maguire, Frontignan, Canet, and Foy, with the houses attached to them, 14 barracks belonging to the gendarmes, a battery, and a strong tower on Lake Frontignan; and in Nov. 1808 he served on shore at the defence of the fortress of Rosas, besieged at the time by a French army. He was subsequently placed in command of La Julie, an armed xebec, which he had assisted in cutting out from under the batteries at Port Vendres; and was sent to cruize in her, as an armed tender, in the 