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STEWART. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 6.)

The Honourable Keith Stewart, born 3 Jan. 1814, is second son (by Jane, second daughter of Henry, first Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of the Marquess of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B.) of George, eighth Earl of Galloway, K.T., Admiral of the Blue;^[1] brother of the present peer; brother-in-law of the Duke of Marlborough and of Lord Feversham; nephew of the late Lieut.-General Hon. Wm. Stewart, G.C.B., and the late Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Jas. Henry Keith Stewart, C.B.; and grand-nephew of Admiral Hon. Keith Stewart, who died 5 May, 1795, and of the first Marquis of Stafford, the fourth Earl of Aboyne, the ninth Duke of Hamilton, and the fifth Earl of Dunmore. He is first-cousin of the Right Hon. Sir Jas. Robt. Geo. Graham, Bart., M.P., formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, and late Secretary of State for the Home Department.

This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1827 fought in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin; obtained his first commission 13 June, 1833; was nominated, 17 Aug. following, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of his former ship, the Asia, then bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker at Lisbon; served, from 11 Oct. in the same year until Dec. 1835, in the Stag 46, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, on the coast of Portugal; and was next, 15 Feb. 1837, appointed to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget on the North America and West India station, where he was made Commander, 14 Oct. 1838, into the Ringdove 16. He paid that vessel off at the close of 1841, and was advanced to his present rank 1 July, 1842.

Capt. Stewart married, in 1841, at Prince Edward’s Island, Mary Caroline, only daughter of his Excellency Lieut.-Colonel Sir Chas. Augustus FitzRoy, K.C.H., grand-niece of George Henry, fourth Duke of Grafton, and niece of Charles, fourth Duke of Richmond. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.

↑ The Earl of Galloway (originally Lord Garlies) was born 24 March, 1768. Entering the Navy at an early age, he served as Midshipman with his uncle, Commodore (afterwards Admiral) Hon. Keith Stewart, in the action off the Doggerbank in 1781, and at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. He was employed subsequently as Lieutenant in the Aquilon frigate; and, after commanding the Vulcan fire-ship, was advanced to Post-rank 30 April, 1793. During the French revolutionary war he served in the Sheerness 44, Winchelsea 32, Lively 32, Hussar frigate, and Bellerophon 74. In the Winchelsea he assisted at the reduction of the French West India Islands, and was severely contused in the face when covering the landing of the army at Grozier Bay Guadeloupe, 11 April, 1794. In the Lively he was present, 14 Feb. 1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent, whence he returned to England with Sir Robert Calder, who was charged with the despatches announcing the victory. On the renewal of hostilities he obtained command of the Ajax 74; and during Lord Barbara’s administration he filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty. He became a Rear-Admiral 31 July 1810, a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 22 July, 1830. He died at Hampstead 27 March, 1834.

[George_Stewart-1] The Earl of Galloway (originally Lord Garlies) was born 24 March, 1768. Entering the Navy at an early age, he served as Midshipman with his uncle, Commodore (afterwards Admiral) Hon. Keith Stewart, in the action off the Doggerbank in 1781, and at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. He was employed subsequently as Lieutenant in the Aquilon frigate; and, after commanding the Vulcan fire-ship, was advanced to Post-rank 30 April, 1793. During the French revolutionary war he served in the Sheerness 44, Winchelsea 32, Lively 32, Hussar frigate, and Bellerophon 74. In the Winchelsea he assisted at the reduction of the French West India Islands, and was severely contused in the face when covering the landing of the army at Grozier Bay Guadeloupe, 11 April, 1794. In the Lively he was present, 14 Feb. 1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent, whence he returned to England with Sir Robert Calder, who was charged with the despatches announcing the victory. On the renewal of hostilities he obtained command of the Ajax 74; and during Lord Barbara’s administration he filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty. He became a Rear-Admiral 31 July 1810, a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 22 July, 1830. He died at Hampstead 27 March, 1834.

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