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  Edinburgh, and M.D. of Aberdeen, 1852 : entered the Indian Medical Service in Bombay, 1852 : acted as Resident of Baroda, 1858 : was Political Agent in Bundelkund : Resident in Mewar : in the W. states of Rajputana : and Jaipur : retired, 1885, as Brigade Surgeon : died Aug. 8, 1895.

STUART, SIR CHARLES SHEPHERD (1804–1879)

Son of William Stuart : entered the E. I. Co.'s military service in Bombay, 1820 : Colonel in 1854 : Commander of the Malwa Field Force, 1857, and a Brigade in the Central India Field Force under Sir H. Rose : took Chandairi, March 17, 1858 : defeated Tantia Topi before Jhansi, April I, 1858 : showed great bravery at Kalpi, May 22, 1858 : at the capture of Gwalior, June 19, 1858 : Extra K.C.B., 1859 : commanded a Brigade at Bombay : G.C.B., 1875 : General 1877 : died April 2, 1879.

STUART, JAMES ( ? –1793)

Brother of Andrew Stuart : Captain in 1755 : served in Nova Scotia, the W. Indies, etc. : entered the E. I. Co.'s military service in Madras, 1775 : C. in C, as Brig-General there : arrested the Governor of Madras, 1776 : himself suspended : acquitted by court-martial, 1780 : commanded at Madras, 1781 : served under Coote (q.v.) at Porto Novo : lost a leg at Polilore, Aug. 1781 : Maj-General : at siege of Cuddalore, was suspended by Madras Government and sent to England : fought a duel with Lord Macartney, 1786 : died Feb. 2, 1793.

STUART, JAMES (1741–1815)

Son of John Stuart : born March 2, 1741 : educated at Culross, Dumfermline, Edinburgh : entered the Army : in American War of Independence : to India as Brevet-Lt-Colonel, 78th regt. in 1781 : Lt-Colonel : under Coote against Hyder : at Cuddalore, 1788 : under Medows, 1790; and Cornwallis, 1791–2, against Tippoo : Maj-General : commanded the expedition against the Dutch in Ceylon, 1795 : commanded the Forces at Madras, 1796: and the Bombay Force at Seringapatam, 1799 : C. in C, Madras, 1801 : Lt-General, 1802 : in the Mahratta war, 1803 : retired, 1805 : General, 1812 : died April 29, 1815.

STUART, SIR ROBERT (1816–1896)

Son of Robert Stuart : educated at the University of Edinburgh : Member of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1856 : Q.C., 1868 : Treasurer, 1889 : Chief Justice of the High Court, N.W.P., 1871–84 : knighted : died Aug. 26, 1896.

STURT, ROBERT RAMSAY NAPIER (1852–)

Son of Colonel William M. N. Sturt : educated at Repton : entered the Army, 1872, and Indian Staff Corps, 1875 : served in the Afghan war, 1878–9 : Mah- sud-Waziri expedition, 1881 : Zhob Valley expedition, 1890 : Miranzai expedition, 1891 : Waziristan expedition, 1894 : N.W. Frontier, Tirah expedition, 1897–8 : C.B. 1902.

SUFFREIN SAINT TROPEZ, PIERRE ANDRE DE (1726–1788)

French Admiral : born July 13, 1726, in Provence, of a noble family : third son of the Marquis Suffrein St. Tropez : went to sea, 1743 : served at Martinique ; taken prisoner in 1748 to England : served in the Mediterranean ; again captured off Lagos : Captain of a frigate, 1767 : of a ship in 1772 : on the American station, 1778 : was selected by the French Government in 1781 to command a squadron to the E. Indies : engaged the English in the Bay of Praya : went, via the Cape, to the Isle of France, joining the fleet of Count d'Orves, whom he succeeded in the command : failed in surprising Madras, sailed to Pondicherry and Porto Novo in 1782 : fought an indecisive action with Hughes (q.v.) off Sadras : treated with Hyder Ali ; reduced Cuddalore : fought the English again off Providien and Negapatam, and took Trincomalee Aug. 31, 1782 : his four actions with Hughes all indecisive : he went to Sumatra and returned to Cuddalore : the Peace of Versailles, 1783, closed the war : Suffrein went home to Toulon, 1784; received by the States of Provence with great honour : a medal struck with the inscription : "The Cape protected : Trincomalee taken, Cuddalore delivered : India defended : six glorious combats : 1784" : was made Chevalier, Vice-Admiral and "Bailli" : selected again in 1787 for the naval command against the English, but