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Revision as of 09:45, 31 March 2016
Rear-Admiral Walter Stewart, C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1841 – 26 October, 1896) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Stewart was promoted to the rank of Commander with seniority of 13 May, 1869, in the hauling down vacancy of Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Paget.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 9 January, 1878.[2]
On the occasion of the Queen's birthday Stewart was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 30 May, 1891.[3]
Stewart was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1893.[4]
Bibliography
- "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 October, 1896. Issue 35032, col B, p. 6.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/37.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/14.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer 17 Aug, 1886[5] |
Succeeded by Lewis A. Beaumont |
| Preceded by Samuel Long |
Captain Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard 28 Aug, 1891[6] |
Succeeded by C. C. Penrose FitzGerald |
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23500. p. 3001. 25 May, 1869.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24541. p. 169. 11 January, 1878.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26167. p. 2921. 30 May, 1891.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26359. p. 2. 2 January, 1893.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 234.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 8.
