Stewart, Ravenscroft
STEWART, RAVENSCROFT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 15,
1864. [ath] s. of James [ot The Old Palace, Chippenham,
Wilts.] (and Elizabeth, dau. of Gilbert iMacLeod, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S.). B. June 23, 1845, at Caimsmim-, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrights. Schools, Windlesham, Surrey
(private) [Loretto and Uppingham]. Matric. Michs. 1865;
B.A. 1869; M.A. 1879. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1869; priest,
1870; C. of Bakewell, Derbs., 1869-71. R. of Pleasley,
1871-83. V. of All Saints, Knightsbridge, London, 1884-1904. Archdeacon of Bristol, 1904-10. Canon-Res. of Bristol,
1904-19 Archdeacon of N. Wilts., 1910-19. Married,
July 13', 1871, Lucy Penelope, 3rd dau. of Robert W. M. Nesfield, Esq., of Castle HiU, Bakewell. Living in Bath m
1920. Died Aug. 16, 1921, at Bumham-on-Sea. Brother of
James (1859) and Henry H. (1866). (Uppingham Sch. Roll,
which gives date of birth June, 1847; Loretto Reg.; Burke,
L.G.; Crockford; The Times, Aug. 20, 1921.)
STEWART, RICHARD BENSON. Adm. pens, at Caius, Mar. 20,
1847. S. of John, surveyor, of Liverpool. B. there, 1828.
Bapt. Aug. 21, 1828. School, Liverpool Royal Institution.
Matric. Michs. 1847; Scholar; B.A. 1851; M.A. 1854. Ord.
deacon (Lincoln) 1852; priest, 1853; C. of Beeston, Notts.,
1852-4. V. of Hale, Liverpool, 1856-1906. Lived subsequently
at Woolton, Liverpool. Died Mar. 14, 1909. Father of Frank
(1879). (Venn, 11. 278; Crockford.)
STEWART, ROBERT. Adm. FeU.-Com. (age 17) at St John's, Oct. 26, 1786. [Eldest surv.] s. of the Rt. Hon. Robert [post
1st Marquess Londonderry] (by his ist wife. Lady Sarah
Frances Seymour Conway, dau. of the ist Marquess of Hert- ford). B.July 18, 1769, in Dublin. School, Armagh. Matric.
Michs. 1786. Styled Viscount Castlereagh, 1796-1821. M.P.
for Co. Down (Irish Parliament), 1790; '^'^■^- for Tregony, 1794-6; for Orford, 1796-7. Lord of the Irish Treasury,
1797-1801. Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1798-1801. Prmcipal
Secretary of State and Secretary of the CouncU in Ireland,
1797-1801. Privy Councillor (Ireland), 1797; (England),
1798. M.P. for Co. Down, 1798-1800 and 1801. President
of the Board of Control for India, 1802-6. Secretary of State
for War and the Colonies, 1805-6 and 1807-9- M.P. for
Boroughbridge, 1806. M.P. for Plympton Earl, Devon, 1806
and 1807-12. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1812-22. M.P. for Plvmpton, 1812; for Clitheroe, Lanes., 1812 and for
Co. Down,'i8i2, 1818 and 1820. Succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, 1821. M.P. for Orford, Suffolk,
1821-2. Leader of the House of Commons, 1812-22. Sent as
Envoy to Prussia and Russia, 1813. K.G., 1814. First
Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna, 1814, and at the
Congress of Ai.x-la-ChapeUe, 1818. Knight Grand Cross of
the Hanoverian Order, 1816. Became very unpopular and
was bitterly lampooned bv Lord Byron and other poets.
Married, June 9, 1794, at St George's, Hanover Square, Lady Amelia Anne Hobart, youngest dau. of John, 2nd Earl of
Buckinghamshire. Committed suicide at his residence at
North Cray, Kent, Aug. 12, 1822. Died, s.p.; buried m
Westminster Abbey, Aug. 20, 1822. Half-brother of Charles
W. (1814) (St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 495; G.E.C.; D.N.B.)
STEWART, ROBERT. Adm. FeU.-Com. at St John's, May 3, 1809. [2nds. of James.] B. May 5, 1791. in Jamaica. [School,
Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1809. Adm. at the Middle Temple,
Sept. 15, 1809. Called to the Bar, Nov. 24, 1815. Of
Wrighton Grove, Shrewsbury. Practised in Jamaica. [Eton Sch. Lists.)
STEWART, ROBERT PETER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct 10, 1888. S. of William, manager of a sugar-estate (and
Elizabeth Vencienta). B. Sept. 25, 1869, at Berbice, British
Guiana. School, Queen's CoUege, Georgetown. Matric. Michs. 1888.
STEWART, ROBERT WALTER DAYSH. Adm. pens, at St
John's, June 10, 1845. S. of Robert Raymond, Esq., of
Chelsea (and Sarah Ann). B. there, July 7. 1826. Matric.
Michs. 1845; B.A. 1849; M.A. 1852. CaUed to the Bar, Inner
Temple, Apr. 30, 1859. Died Oct. 31, 1866, in London. (Law Lists; G. Mag., 1866, 843-)
STEWART, SIDNEY MORRIS. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1886. S. of Charles Edward. B. Dec. 6, 1868, at Hastings.
Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889. Died in 1891. Brother of
Henry E. (1886).
STEWART, SPENCER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 27, 1838.
Matric. Michs. 1839. [Eldest s. of James Henry Keith (1801)
(and Henrietta Anne, dau. of the Rev. Spencer Madan, D.D.).
B. June 24, 1820.] Capt., 4th Foot. Married, Jan. 1846, Frances Olivia, dau. of Miles Sweeny. Died, s.p., May 19,
1893. Brother of Charles P. (1841). (Burke, P. and B.)
Stew ART -Brown, Egerton
STEWART, STAIR HATHORN JOHNSTON. Adm. pens, (age 20)
at Magdalene, Jan. 7, 1873. S. of Robert Hathom Johnston,
of Glasserton, Whithorn, Wigtowns. (and Eleanor Louisa,
dau. of Archibald Douglas, of Glenfinart). [B. June 2, 1852.]
School, Harrow. Matric. Lent, 1873- Lieut., 20th Hussars,
1875; Captain, 1883; Adjt., Aux. Forces, 1883-8; retired,
1893.' Married, 1883, Helen Constance, dau. of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, Bart. Died Apr. i, 1904, at Avignon, France.
(Harrow Sch. Reg.; Army Lists; Walford, Couyity Families.)
STE.VJP^Kl, THOMAS. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 20, 1820. S of the Rev. — , R. of Westmorland, Jamaica. B. Nov. 7,
1799, in Jamaica. Matric. Michs. 1820. Kept six terms. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 8, 1822; priest, Nov. 2, 1823. D.D.,
Lambeth, 1845. R. of Westmorland, Jamaica, 1845-69. Archdeacon of Surrey, Jamaica. Died in Jamaica in 1869.
(The Register, u. 277-)
STEWART, THOMAS GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 10, 1900. S. of Thomas, bank accountant [died 1893 J
(and Mary Ann Miller). B. July 19, 1876, at Putney. School,
St Dunstan's College, Catford (Mr C. M. Stuart). Matric.
Easter, 1900. Became a Non-Coll. student; B.A. 1913; M.A.
1916. Ord. deacon (Cheknsford) 1914; priest, 1915; C. of All
Saints, Leyton, Essex, 1914-16. C. of St James, West EaUng,
Middlesex, 1916-18. C. of Wandsworth, Surrey, 1919-20.
Depn. Secretary for Dr Bamardo's Homes for Bristol area, 1920-2. C. of Wembley, Middlesex, 1922-6. C. of St Mary- lebone, 1926-7. R. of Quinton with Preston Deanery,
Northants., 1927-45. Disappears from Crockford, 1947-
STEWART, WALTER EDWARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 14, 1877. S. of William, solicitor (and Anne Lumb). B. [July I, 1858], at Wakefield, Yorks. Bapt. July 27, 1858.
School, Rossall (H. A. James, B.D.). Matric. Michs. 1877;
B.A. 1881; M.A. 1884. Ord. deacon (Ripon, for Wmchester)
1881; priest, 1882; C. of Sandown, Isle of Wight, 1881-3. C. of Oundle, Northants., 1883-7. P.C. of Eryholme, Vorks.,
1887-1904. V. of Longney, Gloucs., 1904-12. F.R.A.S., 1888;
F.R.Met.S., 1892. Married, May 10, 1882, Catharine, 2nd
dau. of T. Marris, Esq., of Croxton, Lines. Died Jan. 24,
1934, at Scalby, near Scarborough; buried at Eryholme. Brother of Martin (1872). (Rossall Reg.; Eagle, xlvih. 140; Crockford; The Times, Jan. 26, 1934.)
STEWART, WILLIAM HOWARD EDWIN. Adm. at Caius,
Oct. 2, 1893. S. of William, of Richmond, Surrey (and Alice
Maude Fagge). B. Oct. 24, 1874, in London. School, Forest, Walthamstow. Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1902.
At St Thomas's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1902. Prac-
tised at Bournemouth. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(Capt., R.A.M.C; M.C.). At Radlett, Herts., in 1930 Of 142 A, Avenue Louise, BruxeUes, Belgium, m 1940. (Venn,
II. 534; Univ. War List; Medical Directories.)
STEWART, WILLIAM MACDONALD [FRANCIS]. Adm. pens
at Jesus, Oct. 1, 1872. S. of Francis, Esq., of St John s Wood
Park, London, N.W. B. in London. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1872. (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
STEWART, WILLIAM ROBERT FREDERICK, VISCOUNT
CASTLEREAGH. Hon. LL.D. 1835, from Trinity [Eldest
s. of Charles WiUiam (1814), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
(by his 1st vdie, Catherine, youngest dau. of John, 3rd Earl
of Damlev). B. July 7, 1805. School, Eton.] Matric. from
Christ Church, Oxford, Feb. 3, 1823. Styled Viscount Castlereagh, 1822-54- Succeeded to the peerage, Mar. 6, 1854.
M.P. for Co. Down, 1826-52. A Lord of the Adnuralty,
1828-30. Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 1834-5. P.O., 1835. Lord Lieut, of County Down, 1845-64- ^-P-' \°i°-
Married, May 2, 1846, Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, widow
of Richard, 6th Viscount Powerscourt, and dau. ot Robert,
3rd Earl of Roden. Died, s.p., Nov. 25, 1872, after long
seclusion in consequence of mental disease. (Burke, /". and B.; G.E.C.; Al. Oxon.; Eton Sch. Lists.)
STEWART-BROWN, EGERTON. Adm. pens at Trinity,
June I, 1880. [Eldest] s. of Stewart Henry, of Quarry Bank,
Wavertree, Liverpool. B. Jan. 31, 1862, in Liverpool. School. Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1880; Scholar, 1881; (Class. Trip.,
Pt I, ist Class, 1883); B.A. 1884; MA. 1888. Manager of bus father's banking firm (Brown, Shipley and Co.) until 1889.
Manager of the London Assurance Corporation, 1889-1903- Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1893. On the Northern
Circuit. Lecturer to Board of Legal Studies, 1895 and 1899.
and on the Law of Property, at Liverpool Umversity. Law
Lecturer, Stonyhurst CoUege, 1896-7. Lecturer m Com- mercial Law, Liverpool School of Commerce, i?,gq-igoi.Viea
Aug. II, 1938, at Sefton Park Liverpool; buned at Beau- maris, Anglesey. Brother of Ronald (next). (Harrow i>cn.
Reg.; Law Lists; The Times, Aug. 15 and 16, 1938.)