Houston Stewart
| Sir Houston Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 August 1791 |
| Died | 10 December 1875 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1805 – 1863 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Menai HMS Benbow |
| Battles/wars |
War of the Fifth Coalition Syrian War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart, GCB (3 August 1791 – 10 December 1875) was a Royal Navy officer and briefly a Liberal Party[1] Member of Parliament (MP).
Naval career
Born at Springkell, near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire, the son of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, 5th Bart.,[2] of Greenock and Blackhall, Stewart joined the Royal Navy in February 1805.[3] After service at Walcheren in 1809[3] he was posted to the Jamaica Station as a commander.[3] After promotion to captain, he was in charge of HMS Menai and the Halifax dockyard.[3] He served in the Syrian War as captain of the HMS Benbow.[3] Thereafter he was Captain-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard,[3] Controller-General of the Coastguard[3] and a Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Naval Lord and then Second Naval Lord).[3] He was made a Rear-Admiral in 1851.[3]
During the Crimean War, Stewart was second in command of the Black Sea and was in command at the capture of Kinburn.[2] His flag in was in HMS Hannibal.[3] Thereafter he was Superintendent of Devonport dockyard from 1856,[3] Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station from later that year[3] and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1860.[3] Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital in 1869,[2] he became Admiral of the Fleet in 1872.
At the 1837 general election he stood for Parliament in Renfrewshire, but was unsuccessful.[1] He entered the House of Commons fifteen years later, when he was elected a by-election in February 1852 as a Member of Parliament MP for Greenwich, following the resignation of Sir James Dundas.[4] However, he held the seat for only a few months, until his defeat at the general election in July 1852.[5]
He married, in 1819, Martha, youngest daughter of Lord Glenlee, and had three sons, the eldest of whom was Admiral Sir William Houston Stewart GCB.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 600. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Obituary; Vice Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, G.C.B. New York Times, 13 December 1875
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 William Loney RN
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21290. p. 407. 13 February 1852. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ Craig, page 9
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lord John Hay |
Third Naval Lord 1850–1852 |
Succeeded by Sir James Stirling |
| Preceded by Sir Maurice Berkeley |
Second Naval Lord February 1852—March 1852 |
Succeeded by Sir Phipps Hornby |
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Fanshawe |
Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 1856–1860 |
Succeeded by Sir Alexander Milne |
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Fanshawe |
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1860–1863 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Fremantle |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sir James Dundas David Salomons |
Member of Parliament for Greenwich February 1852 – July 1852 With: David Salomons |
Succeeded by Peter Rolt Montague Chambers |