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- William was born at Ardvorlich. He married on 22 October 1851 Jane Emily Turnley nee Wilson, daughter of Maj. Hill Wilson, and had a son and daughter. William succeeded to Ardvorlich on his uncle Robert’s death without issue in 1854. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland)
William, his wife, and infant son were all killed at the Mutiny of Gwalior in Bengal, India on 14 Jun 1857. Only their daughter Charlotte survived. Charlotte returned to Scotland where she married and had children. (MacGregor) The lands of Ardvorlich then passed to William's brother, Robert.
Memorial in Dundurn Chapel: "Sacred to the memory of William Stewart, Esquire, of Ardvorlich, eldest son of the late Major W.M. Stewart of the Bengal Army, Lieutenant in the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Artillery, and Captain Commandant of a battery in Scindiah's contingent, who was severely wounded in the execution of his duty at Gwalior on the night of the 14th of June 1857, by the mutinous Sepoys and by them murdered on the following morning, aged 30 years. Also to the memory of his wife, Jane Turnley, aged 27 years, youngest daughter of the late Hill Willson Esquire, Lieutenant in the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Engineers; and their son Robert Walter aged 2 years, who were killed on the night of the 14th idem, among the first victims of the Mutiny of Gwalior in the East Indies where the remains of both the parents and child lie interred. This tablet is erected by his widowed mother and her children."
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1827 - 1857 (30 years)
