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John Stewart (financier)
John Stewart may refer to: Business * John Aikman Stewart (1822–1926), American banker * John Stewart (financier) (1860–1938), Scottish-born Canadian financier and railway builder * John Killough Stewart (1867–1938), businessman and philanthropist in Queensland, Australia * John K. Stewart (1870–1916), American entrepreneur and inventor * John Leighton Stewart (1876–1940), American newspaper publisher * Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask (1877–1924), Scottish whisky distiller * John Stewart (businessman) (born 1949), British businessman Entertainment * Johnnie Stewart (1917–2005), British radio and TV producer, creator of ''Top of the Pops'' * John Stewart (musician) (1939–2008), American singer-songwriter, member of The Kingston Trio * John Stewart (tenor) (born 1940), American opera singer * Jon Stewart (born 1962), American comedian, author, television host * John Clarence Stewart (born 1988), American actor and singer Military * John Stewart (consta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aikman Stewart
John Aikman Stewart (August 26, 1822 – December 18, 1926) was a New York City banker who during the administration of Grover Cleveland replenished the nation's gold supply by issuing new bonds. He was also the third person in its history to serve as acting President of Princeton University from 1910 to 1912. He also invested in the founding of The United States Trust Company, United States Trust Company, a precursor to Bank of America, and was its secretary from 1853 to 1864. Biography Stewart was born on August 26, 1822. He graduated from Columbia College (New York), Columbia College in 1840. During the presidency of Grover Cleveland he replenished the nation's gold supply by organizing a syndicate that bought $50,000,000 in bonds. He died on December 18, 1926, and was the oldest surviving Columbia University, Columbia alumnus at that time. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, John A. 1822 births 1926 deaths American centenarians American bankers Columbia College (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart Of Ardvorlich
Major John Alexander McLaren Stewart of Ardvorlich (25 March 1904 – 11 May 1985) was a Scottish military officer, historian and the author of several authoritative works on the history of various Scottish clans. Published works His works include ''The Stewarts: The Highland branches of a royal name'', ''The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron'', and ''The Grahams''. His 344-page work ''The Camerons: A History of Clan Cameron'' was published by the Clan Cameron Association in 1971, and highly praised by Colonel Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, the Clan Chief at the time and Stewart’s brother-in-law. Considered "the definitive book on the clan" by present-day Camerons, it is proudly sold at The Clan Cameron Museum at Achnacarry. He has also produced a ''History of the Ardvorlich Stewarts'', his own direct family, which was published privately and its copies never offered to the general public, or even to specialised researchers. A copy exists with the Stewart Society an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Connecticut Politician)
John Stewart (February 10, 1795 – September 16, 1860) was an American merchant and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1843 to 1845. Biography Born in Chatham, Connecticut, Stewart completed preparatory studies. He became engaged in shipbuilding and in the mercantile business in Middle Haddam. Early political career He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1830, and in the Connecticut State Senate from 1832 to 1837. He served as judge of the county court of Middletown, in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Congress Stewart was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844, to the Twenty-ninth Congress. Later career He thereafter resumed shipbuilding pursuits, serving in the state senate again in 1846, and in the state house of representatives again in 1854. Death and burial He died in Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Pennsylvania Politician)
John Stewart (date of birth unknown; died 1820) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania. He is known to have completed preparatory studies. From 1789 to 1796, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Hartley. He was reelected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses, holding office from January 15, 1801 to March 3, 1805. He died in Elmwood, near York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ..., in Spring Garden Township. Interment was on his estate near Elmwood. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, John Stewart, John (Pennsylvania) Stewart, John (Pennsylvania) Stewart, John (Pennsylvania) Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Northern Ireland Politician)
John Stewart (born 9 April 1983) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and businessman who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim since 2017. Early life and education Stewart was born on 9 April 1983. He was educated at Carrickfergus Grammar School, a controlled grammar school in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He studied history at Cardiff University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Career Before his election to the assembly, Stewart worked as the sales director of his family's business, Robinson's Shoemakers, which is based in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Stewart serves in the Army Reserve (formally known as the Territorial Army). He is a soldier of the North Irish Horse. Political career Stewart joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in 2008. He was elected to Carrickfergus Borough Council in the 2011 local elections as a councillor for the Knockagh Monument electoral area. In 2014, he was electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Stewart (politician)
John Allan Stewart (1 June 1942 – 7 December 2016) was a Scottish Conservative politician and Scottish Office minister. Early life Stewart was born on 1 June 1942 in North Fife. He attended Bell Baxter High School in Cupar. He then studied at St. Andrews University and Harvard University, where he obtained a first class degree. Career He was a lecturer in Political Economy at St. Andrews before standing unsuccessfully for the Dundee East constituency in 1970. He was briefly a councillor in the London Borough of Bromley in the mid-1970s. In the 1970s, he also acted as the Secretary of the Confederation of British Industry. He was elected MP for East Renfrewshire in 1979. His maiden speech as an MP was in support of a motion to repeal the Scotland Act 1978, which would have established a new devolved Scottish Assembly. He served on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee for 2 years. He continued as MP for the East Refrewshire area in its successor Eastwood from 1983 until 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (diplomat)
John Anthony Benedict Stewart (24 May 1927 – 12 September 1995) was a British geologist, colonial administrator and diplomat who was the first British ambassador to the unified Vietnam. Career Stewart was at school at St Illtyd's College in Cardiff (now St Illtyd's Catholic High School), then served in the Royal Navy 1944–47. After being demobilised in 1947 he studied at University College, Cardiff, and gained a first-class degree in mineralogy and petrology. He then did post-graduate research at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and gained a diploma in geochemistry from Imperial College London. He joined the Colonial Geological Survey Service in 1952 and was sent to the then British Somaliland; he published several papers on the geology of the area. In 1956 he was seconded to the Somali political service as a district officer and then in 1957 to the Ogaden region of Ethiopia as a liaison officer. In 1960 he was transferred to Northern Rhodesia where he helped to conclude t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Glasgow Politician)
Sir John Stewart (1867 – 29 May 1947) was a Scottish politician who served as the first Labour Lord Provost of Glasgow. Born in Perth in 1867, Stewart moved to Glasgow as a child. He completed an apprenticeship as a brushmaker, and developed an interest in socialism, through the influence of Keir Hardie. He was the first socialist elected to Govan Parish Council. Stewart was elected as one of the first Labour Party members of the Glasgow Corporation The politics of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city by population, are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of Glasgow City Council, in elections to the council, the Scottish Parliament and the UK Parliament. Local government As one of ..., representing Hutchesontown ward from 1901. From 1935 until 1938, he was the first Labour Party Lord Provost of Glasgow. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, John 1867 births 1947 deaths Labour Party (UK) councillors Lord Provosts of Glasgow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Lymington MP)
John Stewart (1789 – 14 March 1860) was a British Conservative and Tory politician and pro-slavery lobbyist. He was possibly the second mixed-race Member of Parliament (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom after James Townsend. Family Stewart was an illegitimate son of former Camelford Tory MP John Stewart (1754/5–1826) and Mary Duncan. Upon his father's death, he took ownership of plantations in Grenada and Demerara, as well as the family home in Albany, London. However, by 1830, he was living in Wellington Street, Westminster, with his wife, Elizabeth, née Vincent, and son William Duncan Stewart (born April 1829). On 14 December 1848, Stewart remarried to Phoebe Rossiter, daughter of Joseph Rossiter. Business career After the abolition of slavery in 1833, Stewart was compensated £22,486 for the Demerara plantation in British Guiana, where 433 were enslaved. He retained possession of this estate, as well as Stewartville, also in British Guiana, and purchased a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (Beverley MP)
John Stewart (1784–1873), of Belladrum, Inverness was a British politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ... 1826–1830. References 1784 births 1873 deaths People from Inverness Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1826–1830 {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, Of Athenree
Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet (''c.''1758 – 22 June 1825) was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was a son of Church of Ireland clergyman, the Reverend Hugh Stewart, Rector of Termonmaguirk, County Tyrone and Sarah Hamilton, daughter of the Venerable Andrew Hamilton, who was Archdeacon of Raphoe for more than sixty years. He was educated in Drogheda and at Trinity College Dublin, studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1781. History of Parliament Online article. In 1794, he was elected to the for |
John Stewart (Camelford MP)
John Stewart (c. 1755 – 1826), of 3D, The Albany, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Camelford from 17 April 1819 to 16 June 1819 but was unseated and disqualified for bribery and corruption. His son was John Stewart who became member of Parliament for Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the .... References 1755 births 1826 deaths People from Westminster Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1818–1820 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Camelford {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
