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 Mission, which was the first Scottish Mission established in India, 1822 : Missionary at Hurnee and Poona until appointed, 1834, a Chaplain of the E.I.C. in Bombay : Senior Chaplain 1841, and Minister of St. Andrew's : resigned 1854 : Parish Minister of Ladykirk, Berwickshire, 1855–8 : a zealous Missionary and distinguished Sanskrit scholar, one of the pioneer editors and translators of Vedic literature : a founder of the Bombay Gazette and joint editor for its first 3 years : intimately acquainted with native thought and native dialects : was President of R.A.S., Bombay, and of the Government Committee for examination of officers in native languages : Hony. D.D. of St. Andrew's University : a "Stevenson scholarship" founded by the General Assembly's Institution on his departure : he published the Sanhita of the Rig-veda, with translation, 1833 : Principles of Mahratii Grammar, 1833 : Sanhita of the Sama-veda, 1842 : Sama-veda, edited from MSS., 1843 : Kalpa Sutra and Nava Tatva, illustrative of the Jain religion and philosophy, 1848; wrote, for the R.A.S., Bombay, papers on the Kanheri, Nasik and Sahyadri inscriptions of the Bombay Presidency, which he was most successful in deciphering, and on the comparative vocabulary of the non-Sanskrit vocables of the Indian vernacular languages : his Mahratti grammar was long a standard work : he died Aug. 11, 1858.

STEVENSON, ROBERT CHARLES (1851–1906)

Of the Burmese Commission, 1870–1902 rose from being a police officer to be a Deputy-Commissioner in Burma : in 1885, was Chief Interpreter to Sir H. Prendergast, V.C, commanding the Forces operating against Upper Burma : up to his retirement, the only officer who had gained the Degree of Honour for knowledge of Burmese : prepared in 9 years and published the present standard Burmese-English dictionary : his linguistic attainments, and knowledge of Burma and its people, were of special value during the military operations of 1886–7 : died at Oxford, May 8, 1905.

STEWART, CHARLES (1764–1837)

Born 1764 : son of Captain Poyntz Stewart : joined the E. I. Co's Army in Bengal, 1782 : retired as Major, 1808 : saw service in Upper India and Rohilkund : second in command of Col. Symes' Embassy to Amarapura, 1802–3 : Assistant Professor of Persian at Fort William College, Calcutta, 1800–6 : Professor of Arabic, Persian and Hindustani at Haileybury, 1807–27 : died April 19, 1837 : published an introduction to the Anwar-i-Suhaili : made a catalogue of Tippoo's Library, with memoirs of Hyder and Tippoo : wrote The History of Bengal from the First Muhammadan Invasion until 1757, 1813; Original Persian Letters, etc. with Translations, 1825, and other works on Oriental subjects.

STEWART, CHARLES EDWARD (1836–1904)

Son of Algernon Stewart, grandson of the seventh Earl of Galloway : educated at Marlborough : entered the Indian Army, 1854 : in the mutiny, in several engagements in Oudh : served in the nth Bengal Lancers and the 5th Pan jab Infantry : in the Umbeyla campaign, 1863 : in the Jowaki-Afridi expedition, 1877–8 : Brevet-Lt -Colonel : Lt-Colonel, 1879 : Colonel, 1883 : in political employ in Persia, 1880–5, and Assistant Commissioner in the Perso- Afghan boundary demarcation, 1885 : C.I.E. and C.M.G., 1884 : C.B., 1886 Consul at Resht, and at Tabriz, 1889–92 and Consul-General at Odessa, 1892–9 died Dec. 1904.

STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN, BARONET (1824–1900)

Field Marshal : son of Robert Stewart : born March I, 1824 : educated at King's College, Aberdeen : gazetted Ensign, Bengal Army, Oct. 12, 1840 : Adjutant of the 9th Bengal N.L, 1845 : Interpreter and Quartermaster, 1852. In 1854–5 he was actively employed on the Peshawar frontier against the hill tribes : served throughout the mutiny, rode with despatches from Agra to Delhi through the enemy's lines : was Deputy Assistant Adjt-General of the Delhi Field Force during the siege : at the relief of Lucknow, and engaged in the operations in Rohilkund : joined the Staff Corps and served in the Adjt-General's Department till 1867 : commanded a Brigade in the Abyssinian expedition, 1867–8, was made C.B. : and commanded the Peshawar District in July, 1869. He was Chief Commissioner of the Andaman Islands, 1871–75, when the Earl of Mayo was assassinated there on Feb. 8, 1872. He