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- According to Lord Strathcona - A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith, by Donna McDonald, 1996, Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Peter Stuart, Town-Major of Belfast" was a brother of John Stuart the NWC explorer and was an uncle to Lord Strathcona. According to Hart's Army List, Peter was a Lieutenant and was appointed as Town-Major of Belfast on 24 DEC 1818. Hart's List also indicates that Peter was "late 1 R. Vet. Bn." (reference uncertain). Peter's wife is unknown. Peter is known to have been still alive in 1819 when he was in London and received a visit from his nephew, Donald Alexander Smith, the future Lord Strathcona.
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