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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 See also:HERBERT (1843—1885) , See also:British soldier, eldest son of the Rev. See also:Edward Stewart, was See also:born on the 3oth of
See also:June 1843 at Sparsholt, See also:Hampshire. He was educated at
See also:Winchester and entered the See also:army in 1863. After serving in
See also:India with his See also:regiment (37th See also:Foot) he returned to See also:England in 1873, having exchanged into the 3rd See also:Dragoon See also:Guards. In 1877 he entered the See also:staff See also:college and also the Inner See also:Temple. In 1878 he was sent out to See also:South See also:Africa, served in the Zulu See also:War and against Sikukuni. As See also:chief staff officer under Sir G. See also:Pomeroy See also:Colley he was See also:present at See also:Majuba (Feb. 27, 1881), where he was made prisoner by a See also:Boer See also:patrol and detained until the end of See also:March. In See also:August 1882 he was placed on the staff of the See also:cavalry See also:division in See also:Egypt. After Tel-el-Kebir (See also:Sept. 13, 1882) he headed a brilliant advance upon See also:Cairo, and took See also:possession of the See also:town and citadel. He was three times mentioned in despatches, and made a See also:brevet-See also:colonel, C.B., and aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:queen. In See also:January 1884 he was sent to See also:Suakin in command of the cavalry under Sir Gerald See also:Graham, and took See also:part as brigadier in the actions from El Teb to the advance on Tamaneb. His services were recognized by the See also:honour of K.C.B., and he was assistant See also:adjutant and Q.M.G. in the south-eastern See also:district in England from See also:April to See also:September 1884. He then joined the expedition for the See also:relief of See also:Khartum, and in See also:December, when See also:news from See also:Gordon decided See also:Lord See also:Wolseley to send a See also:column across the See also:desert of Metemma, Stewart was entrusted with the command. On the 16th of January 1885, he found the enemy in force near the See also:wells of See also:Abu Klea, and brilliantly repulsed their fierce See also:charge on the following See also:morning. Leaving the wounded under guard, the column moved forward on the 18th through bushy See also:country towards Metemma, 23 M. off. Meanwhile the enemy continued their attacks, and on the morning of the 19th Stewart was wounded and obliged to See also:hand over the command to Sir See also:Charles See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson. He lingered for nearly a See also:month, living See also:long enough to hear of his promotion to the See also:rank of See also:major-See also:general " for distinguished service in the 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." He died on the way back from Khartum to Korti on the 16th of See also:February, and was buried near the wells of Jakdul.
End of Article: STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
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