Sir Robert Stewart, J.P. President of the SCWS

1857 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Robert Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	J.P. President of the SCWS
  Born	1857	Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1871	Glasgow Maxwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1881	Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1891	Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1901	Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I29941	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	George Stewart,   b. 1819, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Sep 1883, Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Gowrie,   b. 1822, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F22585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rennie,   b. 1859, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. George Stewart,   b. 1880, Kinning Park, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Thomas Rennie Stewart,   b. 2 Feb 1881, Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Helen Stewart,   b. 1883, Kinning Park, Renfrewshire ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Margaret Rennie Stewart,   b. 1885, Kinning Park, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Mary R Stewart,   b. 1889, Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Rebecca Stewart,   b. 1890, Kinning Park, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. Robert Stewart,   b. 1895, Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Flora Stewart,   b. 1900, Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F22622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Stewart was born in 1857 as the youngest son of George Stewart and Helen Laws. Sir Robert Stewart lived a life worthy of a biography more expansive than is presently presented here. I shall expand on this biography at a later date. Robert Stewart began his life as a carpenter (joiner) and was a successful tradesperson. He rose to become the second Director of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, and subsequently it's president and chairman, for which service he was later knighted. Later records show him carrying the post-nomial "J.P" so he presumably, at some point, also became a Justice of the Peace. In 1861, at age 4, Robert Stewart was residing at 4 Bolton St in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland with his parents and brothers. In 1871, at age 14, Robert Stewart was residing at 29 Bolton St in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. His employment is listed as "point grender" on Ancestry's transcription, which is clearly a transcription error, but I cannot figure out what it's supposed to say. The original image has not been viewed. Sometime around 1879, Robert Stewart is presumed to have married to Margaret Rennie, although no record of their marriage has been found. In 1881, at age 24, Robert Stewart was residing at 20 Tower Street in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and their two young sons. Robert was employed as a joiner. In 1891, at age 34, Robert Stewart was residing at 26 Tower Street in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a joiner. Also residing with them was his 75-year-old widowed mother, Helen Stewart. In 1901, at age 44, Robert Stewart was residing at 15 Rutland Cres in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as the Director of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. In Sept 1932, Sir Robert Stewart, J.P., retired as chairman of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., in succession to Sir Robert Stewart, J.P., who retires under the age limit in September. (Linlithgowshire Gazette, West Lothian, Scotland, 20 May 1932. The article was referencing his upcoming retirement.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S121] 1861 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 91; Page: 4; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_111. [S163] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Maxwell; ED: 85; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_140. [S7] 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 65; Page: 5; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1891_299. [S69] 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 32; Page: 4; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1901_323. [S8] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glasgow Kinning Park; ED: 63; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_252. [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTXD-TZX