John Vandeleur Stewart (4 October 1802 – 1872) was an Irish naturalist,

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and bird collector. John Vandeleur Stewart lived at Rockhill,

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the R ...

. He was a landowner and a Member of the

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. He was

High Sheriff of Donegal The High Sheriff of Donegal was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, from the late 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Irish Free State and replaced by the office of Donega ...

in 1838.

Works

*(1832) A list of, and remarks on, some of the mammalious animals, and the birds, met with in the three years preceding December 4, 1828 on the Northern coast of Donegal '' Loudon's Magazine of Natural History'' 5:584 (1832) *contributions to '' The Natural History of Ireland'' High Sheriffs of Donegal Irish ornithologists 1802 births 1872 deaths {{Ornithologist-stub