Monument at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Charles Stewart, commander HEIC d. 1817 and other members of his family
Location
St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
[East panel] 'IN MEMORY OF / ANNE EMELIA STEWART / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE SAID / CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / AND WIDOW OF / CAPT. JAMES ROBERTSON HEIC SERVICE / WHO DIED 29TH MAY 1888 AGED 78 [?] YEARS / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / JOHN STEWART OF ESKGROVE / WRITER TO THE SIGNET / WHO DIED THERE ON 1ST JULY 1890 / AGED 76 YEARS / YOUNGEST SON OF THE SAID / CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES STEWART / WRITER TO THE SIGNET / WHO DIED AT EDINBURGH / 27TH JULY 1927 AGED 74 YEARS / ELDER SON OF THE ABOVE / JOHN STEWART / AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA HUNTER / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / ISABELLA HUNTER STEWART / WHO DIED IN EDINBURGH / ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1932 / AGED 75 YEARS ONLY DAUGHTER / OF THE ABOVE JOHN STEWART / AND ISABELLA HUNTER' [centre panel] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES STEWART ESQUIRE / LATE COMMANDER OF THE HON E.I.C.S. SHIP AIRLY CASTLE / WHO DIED THE 23 AUGST 1817 IN THE 70TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND OF MARY STEWART HIS WIFE / WHO DIED THE 4TH SEPT 1825 IN THE 53D YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO OF WORTLIE STEWART THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER / WHO DIED THE 26TH JUNE 1829 IN THE 27TH YEAR OF HER AGE / AND WHO ARE ALL HERE INTERRED / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES STEWART THEIR / ELDEST SON WHO DIED IN MAY 1796 AGED 10 MONTHS / OF FRANCIS STEWART THEIR SECOND SON / IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE HON E.I.C. WHO DIED / AT ST HELENA THE 23D DECR 1817 AGED 21 YEARS / ALSO OF WALTER STEWART THEIR THIRD SON / LIEUT IN THE HON E.I.C. 12TH REGIMENT OF BOMBAY / NATIVE INFANTRY WHO DIED AT POONAH / THE 2ND OCTR 1826 AGED 22 / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ISABELLA HUNTER / THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN STEWART ESQ W.S. / WHO DIED 28 JULY 1857 AGED 44 / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF COL. JAMES STEWART / OF THE HON. E.I.C. SERVICE FOURTH SON OF / THE SAID CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / WHO DIED 11 FEBY 1861 AGED 57' [west panel] 'IN MEMORY OF / MRS JANE THOM OF HUTTON / RELICT OF MR ROBERT HUTTON / LIVERPOOL / FOR 46 YEARS A FAITHFUL AND ATTACHED / SERVANT AND FRIEND OF THE FAMILY / OF CHARLES STEWART ESQ/BORN 20TH OCT 1789 DIED 12 MAY 1875 / JAMES ROBERT HUNTER STEWART / SON OF JOHN STEWART / DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1941 / AGED 84 YEARS'
Details
Type: Monument
Position: North west corner of churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HEIC Airly Castle
People
Age: 69
Date of Death: 23/8/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company