STUART, SHERIDAN; b.; in school list Jan 1732/3. delete; a confusion between adjacent entries for James Stewart/Stuart and Thomas Sheridan]]
STUART, SIR JOHN, only son of Col. John Stuart, Charleston, South Carolina, Superintendent of Indians, Southern Department of North America, and Sarah Fenwick, Charleston, South Carolina; b. 1759; adm. 4 Oct 1770; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1777, aged 19; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 7 Aug 1778; Lieut. and Capt., 6 Nov 1782; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1793; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796; Brigadier-Gen. (in Portugal) 30 Nov 1796; Col., Queen’s German Regt. (afterwards 97th Foot) 26 Dec 1798; Major-Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Col., 74th Foot 8 Sep 1806 – Dec 1809; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col., 20th Foot, from 29 Dec 1809; served in America 1775-81, severely wounded; took part in unsuccessful campaign in Flanders 1793-5 and in capture of Minorca 1799; commanded foreign brigade at battle of Alexandria 21 Mar 1801; Lieutenant-Governor, Grenada, from 1804; knighted 18 Aug 1804; gained decisive victory over the French under Reynier near S. Pietro di Maida, Calabria, Italy 4 Jul 1806; received thanks of both Houses of Parliament and pension of £1000 p. a.; KB 13 Sep 1806; received freedom City of London 8 Jan 1808; created Count Maida by King of the Two Sicilies; appointed to command of land forces in Mediterranean 11 Feb 1808; took Ischia and Procida, and captured Murat’s gunboats Jun 1809; resigned command for want of support from Lord Liverpool Oct 1810; GCB 3 Jan 1815; d. 2 Apr 1815. DNB.
STUART, DUGALD, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir John Stuart PC, Vice-Chancellor, and Jessie, dau. of Duncan Stewart, Inverlochy, Perthshire; b. 26 Oct 1817; adm. 30 Jun 1829 (Stikeman's); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 May 1836; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Oct 1838, called to bar 19 Nov 1845; adm. Middle Temple 5 Feb 1845; his marriage brought him estates in Ross-shire and Argyllshire; m. 30 Aug 1876 Elizabeth Margaret, only child of Capt. George Downing Macdonald, Dalness, Argyllshire; d. 9 Feb 1885.
STUART, DOUGLAS, second son of Rev. and Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, and his second wife Mary Penelope, second dau. of Hon. Leland Noel Noel (qv); b. 20 Oct 1859; adm. 16 Apr 1868 (G); QS 28 Jan 1870; left May 1873; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1873; BA 1877; MA 1880; ordained deacon 1879, priest 1880 (both Gloucester & Bristol); Curate, Fairford, Gloucs. 1879-81, All Saints, Leeds 1881-7; Vicar of Ipplepen, Devon, from 1887; d. 2 Apr 1897.
STUART, HON. CHARLES FRANCIS, brother of Hon. William Stuart (qv); b. 25 Oct 1780; adm. 16 Jan 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Nov 1799; BA 1803; MA 1806; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Apr 1799, called to bar 30 Jan 1807; d. 2 Dec 1858.
Strother-Stewart, Cuthbert Ridley, brother of Collingwood George Franklin Strother-Stewart (qv); b. 16 Dec. 1919; adm. May 1933 (G); left July 1937; Univ. of Edinburgh, MB 1941, FRCS 1947; RAMC 1941-5 (Maj.); sen. surgeon Swift Current Clinic Saskatchewan, Canada; m. 1 Apr. 1944 Irene, d. of Donald Alexander MacKenzie of Edinburgh; d. 15 Nov. 1996.
Strother-Stewart, Collingwood George Franklin, son of Robert Strother-Stewart, Judge of the Supreme Court, Gold Coast, and Ida Lillie, d. of George Green Taylor of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 28 May 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A), (H) Sept. 1929, (B) Sept. 1931; left July 1933; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1935, Lieut. July 1938, Capt. Jan. 1943, Maj. Jan. 1948; served Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland, despatches (Middle East) Dec. 1941 and Dec. 1942; retd 1958; Reed International 1958; m. 30 Dec. 1950 Marjorie Jean, d. of William F. Webb of Sutton, Surrey, and widow of Capt. J. R. B. Baron RE; d. 31 Jan. 1983.
STRONG, THOMAS, brother of Melancthon Strong (qv); b. 3 Nov 1736; adm. Feb 1745/6; left 1748; an attorney; Vestry Clerk, St. Giles, Cripplegate; FSA 19 Nov 1776; m. 1764 Sophia, dau. of Robert Alsop, Great Marlborough Street, London, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London; d. 19 Nov 1794. [Perhaps Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, appointed 1774].