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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Houston Stewart R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart (1791-1875) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 7 September 1822 | Born (Kirkmichael House, Ayrshire) | ||
| 20 February 1850 | Married, firstly, Catherine Elizabeth (1829-1867), only daughter of Eyre Coote (1806-1834) of West Park, Hampshire | ||
| 11 January 1872 | Married, secondly, Blanche Caroline (1845-1927), daughter of Keith Stewart, R.N. | ||
| 2 June 1877 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 21 June 1887 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 13 November 1901 | Died (London) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 29 April 1835 | Entered Navy | ||
| 26 September 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 19 May 1848 | Commander | ||
| 9 July 1854 | Captain | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 12 November 1876 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 23 November 1881 | Admiral | ||
| 30 March 1885 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 29 June 1842 | March 1843 | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by William Dickson, North America and West Indies | |
| March 1843 | Lieutenant in Illustrious, commanded by John Elphinstone Erskine, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Adam, North America and West Indies | ||
| 1844 | Lieutenant in Ringdove, commanded by William Daniell, west coast of Africa | ||
| 28 November 1845 | 1847 | Lieutenant in Grampus, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, Pacific | |
| 1847 | Studied steam engineering at Woolwich | ||
| 5 August 1851 | 1853 | Commander in Virago, Pacific (recapturing the Chilean colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan from revolutionaries) | |
| 9 July 1854 | Acting captain in Firebrand, Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 2 February 1855 | Captain in Dragon, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 4 May 1857 | 3 May 1860 | Captain in Impregnable, flagship of Vice-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, Plymouth | |
| 3 May 1860 | June 1863 | Captain in Marlborough, flagship of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, Mediterranean | |
| 19 November 1863 | 30 November 1868 | Superintendent of Chatham dockyard | |
| 3 January 1866 | Captain in Wellesley, guard ship of ordinary, Chatham | ||
| 13 July 1870 | 21 November 1871 | Superintendent of Devonport dockyard | |
| 20 November 1871 | 28 April 1872 | Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard | |
| 29 April 1872 | 1 December 1881 | Controller of the Navy | |
| 1 December 1881 | 1 December 1884 | Commander-in-chief, Devonport | |
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