James Raphael Stewart, MA
1838 - 1894 (56 years)
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Name James Raphael Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] Suffix MA Christened 11 Apr 1838 Chunar, Bengal, India 
[16] Born 13 Apr 1838 Chunar, Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16] Gender Male Residence 1865 Pembroke College, England [14] Residence 1869 England [1, 2] Residence 1871 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland [9] Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1881 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland Residence 1891 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland [8] Relation to Head of House: Head Died 27 Aug 1894 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15] - Juniper Green
Probate 26 Aug 1903 London, England [13] Residence Whitwell, Hampshire, England [10] Buried Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4, 7, 11] Person ID I15942 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Major William Murray Stewart, b. Abt 27 Mar 1804, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 29 Jul 1853, Bénarès, Savanne, Mauritius (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Mother Charolette Debnam, b. 10 Oct 1807, Kolkata, Kolkata District, West Bengal, India , d. 24 Nov 1860, Kensington Gate, South Kensington, London, Middlesex, England (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Married 8 Aug 1826 Berhampore, Bengal, India Family ID F4907 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Annette Louisa Cheape, b. 13 Apr 1838, Kolkata, Kolkata District, West Bengal, India , d. 22 Aug 1911, Bedford, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England (Age 73 years) Married 12 Oct 1869 Whitewell, Hampshire, England [1, 6, 10] - Whitehall Church, Isle of Wight
Children 1. Margaret Stewart, b. 15 Aug 1870, St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland , d. 14 Apr 1945, Bideford, Devonshire, England (Age 74 years) [natural]2. Marjory Charlotte Athanass Stewart, b. 10 Apr 1873, St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland , d. 26 Nov 1898, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 25 years) [natural]3. Lt. Col. William Murray Stewart, b. 27 Aug 1875, St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland , d. 24 Dec 1948, Somerset, England (Age 73 years) [natural]4. Elizabeth Dalyell Stewart, b. 1879, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland , d. 24 Mar 1963 (Age 84 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F4350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James worked as a clerk in the exchequer.
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 29 August 1894, p 2:
At Muir House, Juniper Green, Edinburgh, on the 27th August, James Raphael Stewart, of 31 George Square, Edinburgh, fifty son of the late Major William M. Stewart (22d Regiment, N.I.), of Ardvorlich, Perthshire.
Inscription
PATRICK RIGG CHEAPE
Late major in H.M. 96th Regt.,
died 3rd May 1872, aged 76 years,
fourth son of the late John Cheape, Esq. of Rossie
in the County of Fife;
EUPHEMIA CHEAPE,
died 9th May 1884, in her 79th year,
third daughter of the late John Cheape, Esq. of Rossie ;
MARGARET CHEAPE, died 19th March 1887
in her 80th year, fourth daughter of the
late John Cheape, Esq. of Rossie ;
JAMES RAPHAEL STEWART, M.A.,
died August 27th, 1894, aged 56 years,
fifth son of the late Major W. M. Stewart, H.E.I.C.S.,
of Ardvorlich, Perthshire
Right Panel:
ANNETTE LOUISA,
widow of James Raphael Stewart M.A., Oxon.,
and second daughter of
General Sir John Cheape, G.C.B., R.E.,
died 22nd August 1911, aged 73 years.
Left Panel:
MARJORY CHARLOTTE ATHANASS
second daughter of
James Raphael Stewart and Annette Lousia Cheape, his wife,
died November 26th, 1898, aged 25 years.
Base:
The burial place of the family is continued
on the other side of this stone.
- James worked as a clerk in the exchequer.
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