Alexander Stewart (British Army officer)

Born the second son of John Stewart MP (died 1769) of Castle Stewart, and brother of William Stewart MP,{{cite web| first = R. G. | last = Thorne| title = STEWART, Alexander I (c.1739-94), of Afton, Ayr and Cairne, Wigtown| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/stewart-alexander-i-1739-94| work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820| editor = R. Thorne| publisher = Boydell and Brewer| accessdate = 27 June 2014| year = 1986}} Stewart was commissioned as an ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot on 8 April 1755.{{cite web|url=http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels/019.html|title=Major-General Alexander Stewart 1790-1794|publisher=Queen’s Royal Surreys|accessdate=27 February 2016}} He commanded a field force at Orangeburg and fought at the Battle of Eutaw Springs during the American Revolutionary War. 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.Cannon, p. 40 He served in the Duke of York's army during the Flanders Campaign, 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.{{cite book|title=The House of Commons 1790-1820|first=R.G. |last=Thorne|year=1986|publisher=Secker & Warburg|isbn=0-436-52101-6|page=269}}

He was the member of parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1786 to 1794.

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