George H. Steuart (physician)

George H. Steuart
Photograph of George H. Steuart c1900
Born 10 April 1865
West River, Maryland
Died Jan 6 1945
Richmond, Virginia
Education Medical School of the University of Maryland in Baltimore
Known for Rosewood Training School, Lewis Gundry Sanitarium
Spouse(s)
Virginia Irene Blakemore
(m. 1903; d. 1967)
Relatives George H. Steuart (diplomat), son
Medical career
Profession Physician
Specialism Mental Illness
Steuart's home in Ottoman, Virginia

George Hume Steuart (10 April 1865 - Jan 6 1945) was a physician from Maryland who occupied a number of leading medical positions. He served at various times as Superintendent of the Maryland University Hospital, Chief Medical Director at the Rosewood Training School at Owings Mills, Maryland, and Superintendent of the Lewis Gundry Sanitarium at Relay, Maryland. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the Lancaster County Board of Supervisors, serving his third term.

Early life

Steuart was born in West River, Maryland, on 10 April 1865.[1] He was the son of Captain George Biscoe Steuart (1817-1884), who served with the Confederate army during the American Civil War, and is buried in the church yard of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, West River, Maryland.[2] Steuart's grandfather was Dr Charles Calvert Steuart (1784-1836), a physician from Prince George's County, Maryland who married Ann Fitzhugh Biscoe on November 1, 1814.[3]

On 19 October 1903 Steuart married Irene Blakemore in Baltimore. The couple had two children, Virginia Louise Steuart, born on 8 April 1905, and George Hume Steuart, born 3 November 1907.[1]

Career

In 1898 Steuart graduated from the Medical School of the University of Maryland in Baltimore, soon becoming Superintendent of the University Hospital. In 1902 Steuart was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital in Baltimore. Later, in 1918, he became Chief Medical Director at the Rosewood Training School at Owings, Maryland, an institution founded in 1898 to "receive, care for and educate all idiotic, imbecile and feeble-minded persons".[4] Six years later Steuart became Superintendent of the Lewis Gundry Sanitarium at Relay, Maryland, a private sanitarium founded in 1900 for the "care of nervous disorders of women that required treatment and rest away from home".[5] After two years his health began to decline and he returned to his home in Ottoman, Virginia where he developed a local practice. He served three terms as a member of the Lancaster County Board of Supervisors, and was Chairman at the time of his death.[6]

Death and legacy

Gravestone of George H. Steuart and Irene Blakemore

Steuart died of heart complications on the morning of January 6, 1945. He was survived by wife Irene and his two children: Mrs Eyjolf Bjornsson of Denver, Colorado and George Hume Steuart, who became a diplomat in the US Foreign Service.[6] He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Whitechapel in Virginia.[1]

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