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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:SIR DONALD See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
MARTIN (1824–19o0) , See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, son of See also:Robert Stewart of See also:Forres, See also:Elginshire, was See also:born at See also:Mount Pleasant, near Forres, on the 1st of See also:March 1824. Educated at See also:schools at Findhorn, See also:Dufftown and See also:Elgin, and at See also:Aberdeen University, he entered the See also:Bengal See also:army in 1840, and served in 18J4 and 1855 in the frontier expeditions against the Mohmands, and Afridis Aka and See also:Bari Khel (See also:medal and clasp). In the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny in 18J7 Stewart, after a famous ride from See also:Agra to See also:Delhi with despatches, served on the See also:staff at the See also:siege and See also:capture of Delhi and of See also:Lucknow, and afterwards through the See also:campaign in See also:Rohilkhand (medal and two clasps, and See also:brevet-See also:major and See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel). For nine years he was assistant and See also:deputy-See also:adjutant-See also:general of the Bengal army, commanded the Bengal See also:brigade in the Abyssinian expedition in 1867 (medal and C'.B.), and became a major-general in 1868. He reorganized the penal See also:settlement of the Andaman Islands, where he was commandant when See also:Lord See also:Mayo was assassinated, and, after holding the See also:Lahore command, was promoted lieutenant-general in 1877, and commanded the See also:Kandahar field force in the Afghan See also:War in 1878 (K.C.B. and thanks of See also:parliament). In 188o he made a difficult march from Kandahar to See also:Kabul, fighting on the' way the battles of Ahmed Khel and Urzu, and held supreme military and See also:civil command in See also:northern See also:Afghanistan. On See also:hearing of the See also:Maiwand disaster, he despatched Sir See also:Frederick See also:Roberts with a See also:division on his celebrated march from Kabul to Kandahar, and himself led the See also:rest of the army back to See also:India by the Khyber Pass (medal with clasp, G.C.B., C.I.E., baronetcy, and thanks of parliament). Promoted general in 1881, he was for five years See also:commander-in-See also:chief in India, and afterwards member of the See also:council of the secretary of See also:state for India until his See also:death. He was made G.C.S.I. in 1885, promoted to be field marshal iu 1894, and appointed See also:governor of See also:Chelsea See also:Hospital in 1895. He died at See also:Algiers on the 26th of March 1000.
See G. R. Elsmie, Sir Donald Stewart (1903).
End of Article: STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
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