Maj. Gen. Robert Stewart, HEICS

1787 - 1867  (80 years)

• Name	Robert Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	Maj. Gen.
  Suffix	HEICS
  Born	7 Mar 1787	Balquhidder, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 Mar 1787	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Baptism	14 Mar 1787	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [6]
  	0 Age: 0
  Residence	1851	Edinburgh St Mary, Midlothian, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	64 Age: 64; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Died	30 Oct 1867	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Drummond Place
  Person ID	I17757	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. Duncan Stewart, 4th of Strathgarry and Wester Invernenty Minister at Balquhidder,   b. 31 Mar 1747, Strathgarry, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Sep 1804, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Arabella Persill Campbell,   b. Abt 7 Nov 1750, Auchlyne, Glen Dochart Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Jul 1805, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Between 14 and 15 Feb 1778	Balquhidder, Perthshire and Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Irvine Stewart,   b. 3 Jul 1797, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 17 Nov 1833, Niemush, India  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1831	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F4764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Menzies, of Dalreoch,   b. 1810, Rannoch, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Feb 1874, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 64 years)
  Married	25 Aug 1834	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
  	Chunar, Bengal, India (alt location)
  Married	25 Aug 1834	Merzapore, Bengal, India   [2]
  Children	1. Anne Arabella Stewart,   b. 5 Jun 1835, Hurnaul, India ,   d. 14 May 1878, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 42 years)  [natural]   2. Jessie Menzies Stewart,   b. 1837, Bengal, India ,   d. 11 Apr 1868, Torquay, Devon, England  (Age 31 years)  [natural]   3. Robert Duncan Stewart,   b. 31 Oct 1840, Almora, West Bengal, India ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Arabella Elizabeth Smythe Stewart,   b. 1846, Pertobells, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 10 Jul 1868, Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   5. Grace Roberta Louisa Stewart,   b. 5 Jul 1852, Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jul 1893, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 41 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F4765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Balquhidder OPR in 1787 records, "Mr. Duncan Stewart Minr [Minister] at Balquhidder and Arabella Campbell his spouse had a son born the 7th of March and baptized the 14th March ___ and called Robert." Stewarts of the South records Robert as: "a Lieutenant in the same corps [as his brother Alexander]." The corps in question was the Honourable East India Company. Census records show that he was part of the Bengal Army of the HEIC and was subsequently promoted to Major General. The 1851 census shows Robert as a Colonel in the Bengal Infantry and residing at 24 Duke St., St. Mary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, with his wife and daughters Ann, Jessie and Arabella. The 1861 census shows Robert as a Major General in the Bengal Army and residing at Derculich House, Dull, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and daughters, Jessie and G. R. Louisa.

  
  

• Sources

  [S294] India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Eliza Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9899&h=221501&indiv=try [S448] India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Robert Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9901&h=162309&indiv=try [S120] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Archd. Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=22134572&indiv=try [S119] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh St Mary; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_180; Year: 1851. Record for Anne A Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1076&h=3317880&indiv=try [S119] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh St Mary; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1851_180; Year: 1851. Record for Robert Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1076&h=3317878&indiv=try [S120] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Robert Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=25250649&indiv=try