Alexander Stewart (British Army officer)

Major-General Alexander Stewart (c. 1739 – 16 December 1794)[1] was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a politician.

For other people named Alexander Stewart, see Alexander Stewart (disambiguation).

Alexander Stewart
Bornc. 1739
Afton, Wigtownshire
Died16 December 1794
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Flanders Campaign

Military career

Born the second son of John Stewart MP (died 1769) of Castle Stewart, and brother of William Stewart MP,[2] Stewart was commissioned as an ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot on 8 April 1755.[3] He commanded a field force at Orangeburg and fought at the Battle of Eutaw Springs during the American Revolutionary War.[3] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Foot on 7 July 1775 ; Colonel in the army on 16 May 1780 ; and promoted Major-General on 28 April 1790. He was granted the colonelcy of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 20 November 1793.[4] He served in the Duke of York's army during the Flanders Campaign.,[3] commanding the First Brigade of infantry during the retreat to Holland in 1794. He returned home towards the end of the year and ‘fell a sacrifice to an illness contracted in consequence of the fatigues he had undergone’, dying 16 December 1794.'[5]

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1786 to 1794.[1][2]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  2. Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "STEWART, Alexander I (c.1739-94), of Afton, Ayr and Cairne, Wigtown". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. "Major-General Alexander Stewart 1790-1794". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. Cannon, p. 40
  5. Thorne, R.G. (1986). The House of Commons 1790-1820. Secker & Warburg. p. 269. ISBN 0-436-52101-6.

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