Chief Commissary Charles Stewart, of Ballado and Head Commissary HEICS

1748 - 1783  (34 years)

• Name	Charles Stewart
  Title	Chief Commissary
  Suffix	of Ballado and Head Commissary HEICS
  Born	Jun 1748	Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1783	Bednore, India
  Person ID	I15196	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, of Ballado and Sheriff of Kinross,   b. Abt 1720, Ballachallan, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Penelope Erskine,   b. Abt 1720, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	3 Jun 1744	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F4352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Charlotte Stewart,   b. Abt 1775, Balado, Kinross, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F8675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, "Charles Stewart of Ballado, b. in June of 1748 and entered the H.E.I.C.S. He was appointed Head Commissary and Paymaster to the Army, and was in General Matthew’s force which was captured at Bednore in April of 1783. He was subsequently killed by his captors and was father of Charlotte Stewart, a natural daughter."