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See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
STEWART, See also:JOHN (1749—1822) , See also:British traveller, was See also:born in See also:London of humble parentage. After an unruly career at school he entered the service of the See also:East See also:India See also:Company at See also:Madras in 1763, but he threw up his position about two years later and became interpreter to Hyder See also:Ali, afterwards serving as a See also:general in his See also:army; subsequently he seryed the See also:nabob of See also:Arcot, whose See also:chief See also:minister he became. Having enriched himself in this capacity, he began a See also:series of travels through India, See also:Persia, See also:Ethiopia and See also:Abyssinia, which earned him the See also:nickname of " Walking Stewart." About 1783 he returned to See also:Europe, where he cut a curious figure by wearing Armenian See also:dress. He crossed over to See also:America in 1791 and had various adventures, but soon came back to Europe, and made the acquaintance of See also:Wordsworth in See also:Paris and later of De Quincey in See also:Bath. Be-coming See also:short of See also:money, he again went to America, where he supported himself by lecturing. Having returned to Europe, Stewart's fortunes began to mend. In 1813 a claim he had made against the nabob of Arcot was settled by the East India Company for £1o,00o, and he took rooms in London and settled down to enjoy See also:life, airing his opinions on literature and See also:art. He died on the loth of See also:February 1822. De Quincey (see Collected Writings, 189o, vol. iii.) gives various particulars of him.
End of Article: STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
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