James Haldane Stewart (December 22, 1778 – 22 October 1854) was rector of
Limpsfield
Limpsfield is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs close to Oxted railway station and the A25. ,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. W ...
, where he lies buried.
Early life
James Haldane Stewart was born in
Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of
Duncan Stewart of Ardsheal
Duncan Stewart (born ?1732 at Ardsheal) was 10th Chief of the Clan Stewart of Appin and 6th of Ardsheal, and a friend of James Boswell. He was the eldest surviving son of Charles Stewart, 5th of Ardsheal, the Jacobite leader of the Clan at the ...
(died 1793). His father was 10th Chief of
Clan Appin, and married in 1767 Anne Erving of Boston. She was the daughter of Hon. John Erving of
Connecticut, loyalist Governor of Boston and a member of His Majesty's Council for the Province and his wife, Anne Shirley, the daughter of
William Shirley
William Shirley (2 December 1694 – 24 March 1771) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the British American colonies of Massachusetts Bay and the Bahamas. He is best known for his role in organi ...
colonial,
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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and owner of the
Shirley-Eustis House. He was educated at
Dr Valpy’s school in
Reading, Berkshire
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and
Eton College
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College ...
, after which he trained at
Lincoln's Inn
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, for a career in law. Stewart was converted in 1802 through his contact with the Anglican clergyman
William Marsh and Thomas Tyndale.
Ordination
Stewart matriculated in 1803 at
Exeter College, Oxford
(Let Exeter Flourish)
, old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall''
, named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
, established =
, sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, rector = Sir Richard Trainor
...
and graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1811. He was ordained deacon in 1806 and priest in 1807;
and was appointed curate of Basildon with
Ashampstead
Ashampstead is a small village and civil parish in the rural area between Reading, Newbury and Streatley in Berkshire, England. The parish population is about 400, occupying some 150 dwellings.
History
The village was called ''Esshamstede'' in ...
in
Berkshire
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in 1809. From 1812 to 1828 he officiated at Percy Chapel in London, despite suffering a breakdown in health in 1817 which necessitated a visit to the Continent.
He was the first minister of
St Bride's Church, Liverpool
St Bride's Church, Canning, Liverpool, England, is a Church of England parish church.
History and architecture
St Bride's was designed by Samuel Rowland. Building work started on 29 August 1829 and was the church consecrated on 29 December 18 ...
, on 29 December 1830.
He named the street there Percy Street, after the Percy Chapel, which was in
Percy Street, London.
Activities
Stewart was an active supporter of the ''London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews'' (a Jewish Christian missionary society now known as the
Church's Ministry Among Jewish People
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History
The society began in the early 19th ...
or CMJ), the
Church Missionary Society
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and the
Protestant Reformation Society
George Bourne (1780–1845) was a 19th-century American abolitionist and editor, credited as the first public proclaimer of "immediate emancipation without compensation" of American slaves.
Life
George was born on June 13, 1780, in Westbury, ...
. He built his own chapel in Liverpool and ministered there from 1830 to 1846. Stewart after 1820 was a strong advocate of prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Stewart was Rector of Limpsfield in Surrey during his final years.
Publications
In 1820, he published ''Hints for the General Union of Christians for the Outpouring of the Spirit''.
Family
Stewart married Mary Dale, daughter of
David Dale
David Dale (6 January 1739–7 March 1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century. He was a successful entrepreneur in a number of areas, m ...
, on 15 August 1816 in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland.
The Rev. James Haldane Stewart Jr., his elder son, (18 October 1820 – 24 February 1879) was curate at
Limpsfield
Limpsfield is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs close to Oxted railway station and the A25. , and married Emily Katherine
Leveson-Gower
Leveson-Gower ( ), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, is the name of a powerful British noble family. Over time, several members of the Leveson-Gower family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the family include the duke ...
, daughter of William Leveson-Gower, of
Titsey Place
Titsey Place is an English country house near Oxted in Surrey, England. It was successively the seat of the Gresham and Leveson-Gower families and is now preserved by a charitable trust for the nation.
The house has its origins in a 16th-cent ...
on 22 May 1866. He was the rector of
Millbrook, Hampshire
Millbrook is a suburb and former civil parish of Southampton. As the area developed, several settlements grew within the parish, some of them becoming parishes in their own right, thus reducing the extent of the Millbrook parish. As well as th ...
, from 1855 to 1866 and then
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a twin-village and civil parish in the Upper Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire. It lies between Didcot to the west and the historic market town of Wallingford to the east. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to ...
,
Berkshire
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(now transferred to
Oxfordshire
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). The couple had six daughters:
*Mary Emily Haldane Stewart (1869–1948)
*Pamella Frances Haldane Stewart (1870–1949)
*Anne Cecelia Diana Stewart (1872–1951)
*Lilian Leveson Gower Stewart (1873–1889)
*Caroline Sophia Campbell Stewart (1875–1965) who married the Rt Reverend
Ernest Blackie, Dean of Lincoln
*Katherine Maria Gresham Stewart (1877–1886)
Sources
* ''Memoir of the life of the Rev. James Haldane Stewart, M.A.'' by his second son Rev David Dale Stewart. Thos. Hatchard, 187,
Piccadilly
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,
London
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. 1857, which ran to two editions
* ''Dictionary of Evangelical Biography'', edited by Donald Lewis (1995)
References
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1778 births
1854 deaths
Clergy from Boston
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Clergy from Southampton
American emigrants to England
People educated at Eton College
Members of Lincoln's Inn
19th-century English Anglican priests