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the Hon Edward Stewart
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Date of Birth:
05/05/1782
Date of Death: 27/08/1851
Title: the Hon
Military Rank: None
Forenames: Edward
Surname: Stewart
Soundex: S363
Grave Type:
Plot Number: OPC1 095
Map Ref #: RSHG 002 C3
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Grave Details
Description: Simple stone headstone, iron railings around grave, stone top to grave
Condition:
Condition text: Fairly good, railings intact except for SE corner knob
Any other information: The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year 1851 States under Deaths: AUG... 27. At Ryde, Isle of Wight, in his 70th year, the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart, formerly Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs; uncle to the Earl of Galloway. He was the seventh son of John, seventh Earl of Galloway, K.T., and served some years in the army. In 1806 he was returned to Parliament for the Wigton district of burghs; was re-elected in 1807; and resigned his seat in Feb., 1809, on being appointed one of the commissioners for victualling the navy. He subsequently became Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs, which office he resigned in 1846.
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Inscription:
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE HONORABLE EDWARD STEWART
5TH SON OF JOHN 7TH EARL OF GALLOWAY
HE WAS BORN ON THE 5TH OF MAY 1782
AND DIED AT RYDE ON 27TH OF AUGUST 1851
IN THE SAME GRAVE ARE DEPOSITED
AT HER OWN REQUEST
THE REMAINS OF HIS WIDOW
THE LADY KATHERINE STEWART
WHO DIED IN LONDON ON THE 15TH OF OCTOBER 1863
IN HER 84TH YEAR
“THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST” 1 COR XV. 57,
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Information Recorded by:
Sally-Ann Garrett
on the 01/06/2004.
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