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 next commanded the Lahore Division : in the Afghan war led the Southern Army to Kandahar : was made K.C.B. : and, after fighting the actions of Ahmad- Kheyl and Urzoo, assumed.on May 5, 1880, the supreme military and political command at Kabul. It was under his orders that Lord Roberts made his famous march from Kabul to Kandahar in Aug. 1880 : Stewart and the rest of the troops returned to India via the Khyber : made G.C.B. and Baronet. He was Military Member of the Supreme Council, 1880–1, and Commander-in-Chief in India from 1881 to 1885 : on his return to England, Stewart was appointed to the Council of India, and in March, 1895, made Governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He died at Algiers on March 26, 1900. He was also G.C.S.I., 1885 : C.I.E., 1881 : D.C.L. of Oxford, 1889 : LL.D. of Aberdeen. Memorials were erected to him at the Royal Hospital, and at King's College, Aberdeen University, The inscription on the latter runs as follows :—"Strong, brave, genial, eminently wise and just, forgetful of self and modest, Donald Stewart did with his might whatever his hand found to do."

STEWART, GEORGE (1839–)

Born July 20, 1839 : son of Major W. Murray Stewart : educated at St. Andrew's and London : entered the Bengal Army, 1856, and became Maj-General, 1887 : retired : served in Indian mutiny, 1857–9 : relief of Cawnpur and Lucknow : China war, 1860 : Umbeyla campaign and Jowaki expedition, 1878 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : Ali-Masjid, Kabul and Sherpur : C.B., 1887.

STEWART, JAMES CALDER (1840–)

Born June 20, 1840 : son of Dr. Duncan Stewart : educated at Clapham Grammar School : entered the Bengal Army, 1857, and became Colonel, 1887, and Maj-General, 1895 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–9 : in the relief of Lucknow and Oudh : Jowaki campaign, 1878 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : at Kabul, Charasia, and Sherpur : C.B., 1891.

STEWART, JOHN (1749–1822)

Born 1749 : a Scotchman : at school at Harrow and Charterhouse : went out to Madras as a writer, 1763 : resigned his appointment, in a letter of " juvenile insolence and audacity," 1765 : served under Hyder Ali, from Interpreter to General : was wounded, and escaped : became Prime Minister to the Nawab of Arcot : left him and took to travelling on foot in Persia, Ethiopia, Abyssinia, across Arabia, through France and Spain, to England, from Calais to Vienna, 1784 : visited N. America : friend of De Quincey : obtained £10,000 from the E. I. Co. for his claims against the Nawab of Arcot, 1813 : died Feb. 20, 1822 : a doctrinaire : wrote curious works, such as Travels to Discover the Source of Moral Motion : Opus Maximum, etc, : called " Walking Stewart."

STEWART, JOHN (1833–)

Born March 24, 1833 : son of Major W. M. Stewart : educated at St. Andrew's and Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1851, and Ordnance Department, Bengal, 1857 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : established the Government harness and saddlery factory at Cawnpur, and had charge of it till 1888 : C.I.E., 1887 : retired, 1888, as Colonel.

STEWART, PATRICK (1832–1865)

Son of James Stewart : born Jan. 28, 1832 : educated at Sunderland, Sydenham, Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Engineers, 1850 : went to Calcutta, 1852 : employed on telegraph construction and twice officiated as head of the Telegraph Department : in the mutiny fortified Raj Ghat at Benares : at Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, Nov. 1857 : and at its capture, 1858 : as Deputy Superintendent of Telegraphs did excellent service in active warfare : Brevet-Major : served on a Cholera Commission, 1861–2 : on telegraph service in Persia : Director-General of the Government Indo-European Telegraph, 1863 : C.B., 1864 : died at Constantinople, Jan. 16, 1865 : Lt-Colonel.

STEWART, SIR RICHARD CAMPBELL (1836–1904)

Born 1836 : son of Lt-General Thomas Stewart : joined the Madras Cavalry, 1853 : in the mutiny served with the Mysore Siladar Horse : at the attack on Shorapur, Feb. 1858 : dangerously wounded : with the Hyderabad Contingent under Brig-General Hill, in the Tapti Valley, in Berar, and the Dekkan, Nov. 1858, to March, 1859 : Military Secretary to Governor of Madras : Major, 1871 : Q.M.G., Madras 1881–3 : in the Burmese