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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.