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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Houston Stewart R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, 5th Bart., of Greenock and Blackhall | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 August 1791 | Born (Springkell, near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire) | ||
| 10 February 1819 | Married Martha, youngest daughter of Sir William Miller, Bart. | ||
| 18 December 1840 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) for service in Syria | ||
| 12 February 1852 | July 1852 | Member of Parliament for Greenwich (wining by-election, but not re-elected in the subsequent general election) | |
| 5 July 1855 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). | ||
| 28 March 1865 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 10 December 1875 | Died (Dourie Bank, Port William) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 5 February 1805 | Entered Navy | ||
| 1 August 1811 | Lieutenant | ||
| 13 August 1814 | Commander | ||
| 10 June 1817 | Captain | ||
| 16 June 1851 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 30 July 1857 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 10 November 1862 | Admiral | ||
| 20 October 1872 | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| July 1809 | Served at Walcheren | ||
| January 1815 | Commander in Shark, Jamaica station | ||
| 181? | Commander in Royalist, Jamaica station | ||
| 181? | March 1817 | Commander in Rifleman (1809, brig-sloop), Jamaica station | |
| 21 October 1823 | December 1826 | Captain in Menai, North America (and in command of Halifax dockyard) | |
| 9 April 1839 | May 1842 | Captain in Benbow, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | |
| 13 July 1846 | Captain-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard | ||
| 13 November 1846 | 8 February 1850 | Controller-General of the Coastguard | |
| 9 February 1850 | 2 March 1852 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3th then 2nd Naval Lord) | |
| 13 April 1853 | January 1855 | Rear-Admiral Superintendent, Malta (flag in Ceylon) | |
| 4 January 1855 | 28 October 1856 | Second in command in the Black Sea during the Russian War (and in command at the capture of Kinburn) (flag in Hannibal) | |
| 1856 | Superintendent of Devonport dockyard (flag in Indus) | ||
| 26 November 1856 | 13 January 1860 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Indus) | |
| 11 October 1860 | 27 October 1863 | Commander-in-chief, Devonport (flag in Impregnable, then (1862) Royal Adelaide) | |
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