Herbert Stewart
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Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart KCB
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 ADC
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 (30 June 1843 – 16 February 1885), British soldier, eldest son of the Rev. Edward Stewart, was born at Sparsholt, Hampshire
Sparsholt, Hampshire
Sparsholt is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. The village lies to the west of Winchester, and has a population of 967.Sparsholt College, a leading land-based college and home to the BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time 'potting shed', is located on the outskirts of the village. The...

. He was the grandson of Edward Richard Stewart
Edward Richard Stewart
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 and great-grandson of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
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John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...

. He was an England
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 cricketer who played for Hampshire.

Military career

He was educated at Brighton College
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 and then Winchester College
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 before entering the army in 1863. After serving in India
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 with his regiment (37th Foot) he returned to England in 1873, having exchanged into the 3rd Dragoon Guards
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. In the year of 1877 he entered the staff college
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 and also the Inner Temple
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. In 1878 he was sent to South Africa, served in both the Zulu War and against Sikukuni
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. As the chief staff-officer under Sir George Pomeroy Colley
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, he was present at Majuba (27 February 1881), where he was made prisoner by a Boer
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 patrol and detained until the end of that March.

In August 1882, he was placed on the staff of the cavalry division
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 in Egypt. After Tel-el-Kebir (13 September 1882), he headed a brilliant advance upon Cairo
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, taking possession of both the town and citadel. He was three times mentioned in despatches, and made a brevet-colonel, CB
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, and aide-de-camp
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to the Queen. In January 1884, he was sent to Suakin
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 in command of the cavalry under Sir Gerald Graham
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, and took part as brigadier in the actions from El Teb
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 to the advance on Tamai
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. His services were recognized by the honour of KCB
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, and he was made assistant adjutant and QMG
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 in the south-eastern district of England from April to September 1884.

He then joined the expedition for the relief of Khartoum
Battle of Khartoum
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, and in that December, when news from Gordon
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 decided Lord Wolseley
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 to send a column across the desert of Metemma
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, Stewart was entrusted with the command. On 16 January 1885, he found the enemy in force near the wells of Abu Klea, and brilliantly repulsed their fierce charge on the following morning. Leaving the wounded under guard, the column moved forward on the 18th through bushy country towards Metemma, 23 miles off. Meanwhile the enemy continued their attacks, and on the morning of the 19th, Stewart was wounded and obliged to hand over the command to Sir Charles Wilson
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He lingered for nearly a month, living long enough to hear of his promotion to the rank of major-general "for distinguished service in the field." He died on the way back from Khartoum
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 to Korti
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 on the 16th of February, and was buried near the wells of Jakdul. In the telegram reporting his death, Lord Wolseley summed up both Stewert's character and career with the words: "No braver soldier or more brilliant leader of men ever wore the Queen's uniform." A bronze
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 cenotaph
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 was erected in St Paul's Cathedral
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, London.
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