Lieut. Col. William Murray Stewart

1875 - 1948  (73 years)

• Name	William Murray Stewart  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Lieut. Col.
  Born	27 Aug 1875	St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1891	Charterhouse, Guildford Royal Grammar School, Godalming, Surrey, England   [1, 3]
  Died	24 Dec 1948
  Person ID	I18123	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	James Raphael Stewart,   b. 14 Feb 1837, Northwest Province, India ,   d. 27 Aug 1894, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Annette Louisa Cheape,   b. 1839, India ,   d. 22 Aug 1911  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	12 Oct 1869	Whitewell, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Whitehall Church, Isle of Wight
  Family ID	F4350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Alice Debnam Collis,   b. Abt 1880, Scotland ,   d. 5 Mar 1963  (Age 83 years)
  Married	30 Jul 1908	London, England
  	All Saints Church, Norfolk Square
  Children	1. James Collis Stewart,   b. 1909, Hong Kong ,   d. 1985, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   2. Elizabeth F. Stewart,   b. 29 Jun 1912, Hong Kong ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F4908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  As a boy, William attended Guildford Royal Grammar School in Guildford, Surrey, England. He entered the army and served during WWI as a Major in the 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders and was awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and the Distinguished Service Order. He afterwards retired to Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England where he was County Librarian and a member of Somerset Council. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) William married to his first cousin, once removed, Frances Alice Debnam Collis.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for William Murray Stewart [S8] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Record for William M Stewart [S8] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Record for James R Stewart [S269] England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Database online. Record for James Raphael Stewart