John Shaw Stewart

John Shaw Stewart FRSE (1793–1840) was a 19th century Scottish advocate and essayist.

Life

He was born John Shaw Shaw-Stewart on 24 July 1793 a younger son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart (1766-1825) 5th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall, and his wife, the Hon. Catherine Maxwell, daughter of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell. His brothers included Admiral Sir Houston Shaw Stewart (1791-1875).[1][2]

He studied Law and qualified as an advocate in 1816. He was Advocate Depute from 1830 to 1835 and he served as Sheriff of Stirlingshire from 1838.[3]

In 1823 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being William Miller, Lord Glenlee.[4] He was also a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh.[5]

He lived at 12 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh's West End, close to Princes Street.[6]

He died in Edinburgh on 29 June 1840 and is buried with members of his family in St Cuthbert's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street Gardens.[7]

Family

He married his cousin, Jane Stuart Heron-Maxwell (1806-1886), in 1827. They had two daughters and two sons, including Major General John Heron Maxwell Shaw-Stewart.[8]

Publications

  • The Art of Printing
  • Agriculture
  • The Study of Political Philosophy


References


  1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p7070.htm#i70696
  2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaw-Stewart-11
  3. ↑ http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I50316&tree=CC
  4. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  5. ↑ History of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh, 1845
  6. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840
  7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155317852/jane-stuart-shaw-stewart
  8. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p43853.htm#i438522
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