Henry Holmes Stewart (1847 - 1937)

Born 8 Nov 1847 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1937 at age 89 in Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Biography

Henry was born in 1847. He was the son of James Stewart and Elizabeth McLeod. He passed away in 1937.

Member of the Wanderers Football Club team which won the FA Cup in 1873. ^[1]

“Stewart, Henry Holmes. Adm. pens. at Trinity, July 14, 1866. [9th] s. of James (and Elizabeth, only dau. of Gilbert MacLeod, M.D., H.E.I.C.S., of Gloucester Place, London). B. Nov. 8, 1847, at Cairnsmuir (sic), Kirkcudbrightshire. Schools, Repton and Loretto. Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1874. Ord. deacon (London) 1872; priest, 1873; C. of St. John’s, Holborn, 1872-4. V. of East Witton, Yorks., 1874-8. R. of Brington, Northants., 1878-98. V. of Porthkerry with Barry, Glam., 1898-1914. V. of St Lythan’s, 1914-25. R. of Michaelston-le-Pit, 1925-35. Married, July 28, 1874, Lady Beatrice Cecilia Diana Carnegie, dau. of the 9th Earl of Southesk. Died Mar. 20, 1937, at Strathella, Dinas Powis; buried at Michaelston-le-Pit. Brother of Ravenscroft (1864) and James (1859). (Repton Sch. Reg.; Loretto Reg.; Burke, L.D.; Crockford; The Times, Mar. 22, 1937.) ^[2]

Family ^[3]
Henry Holmes [Stewart] (Rev.), M.A., Rector of Brington, near Northampton, b. 8 Nov, 1847; m. 28 July, 1874, Lady Beatrice Cecilia Diana Carnegie, 3rd dau. of James, 9th Earl of Southesk, and has issue,
(1) Gilbert Carnegie, b. 1875.
(2) Charles Montgomery, b. 1876.
(3) Herbert Noel, b. 1881.
(1) Catherine Elizabeth, b. 1877.
(2) Mabel Constance, b. 1879.

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Stewart (footballer, born 1847) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stewart_(footballer,_born_1847)
2. ↑ “Alumni Cantabrigienses, A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, From the Earliest Times to 1900,” compiled by J. A. Venn, Litt.D., F.S.A., President of Queens’ College, Part II (From 1752 to 1900), Vol. VI (Square-Zupitza), Cambridge University Press, 1954, p. 39. Digital image at Google Books.
3. ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D., “A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland,” Ninth Edition, Harrison & Sons, London, 1898, p. 1407 (“Stewart of Cairnsmore”). Digital images at Google Books.

• Haywood, Marshall DeLancey, “Lives of the Bishops of North Carolina,” Alfred Williams & Company, Raleigh, NC, 1910. Biography of John Stark Ravenscroft, first bishop of North Carolina, pp. 37-88. Digital image at Google Books.