Sir Houston Stewart | |
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 Sir Houston Stewart | |
| Born | 3 August 1791 Springkell, near Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire |
| Died | 10 December 1875 (aged 84) Port William, Wigtownshire |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1805–1863 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands | HMS Clarence HMS Podargus HMS Shark HMS Royalist HMS Rifleman HMS Pique HMS Salisbury HMS Menai HMS Benbow Malta Dockyard Devonport Dockyard North America and West Indies Station Plymouth Command |
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars Egyptian–Ottoman War Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart, GCB (3 August 1791 – 10 December 1875) was a Royal Navy officer and briefly a Liberal Party Member of Parliament. After serving as a junior officer in the Napoleonic Wars, Stewart became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Benbow in the Mediterranean Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Acre during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. He went on to be Captain-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard and then Controller-General of the Coastguard.
Stewart served as Third Naval Lord before entering the House of Commons as Liberal Party Member of Parliament MP for Greenwich. Following his election he became Second Naval Lord in the First Derby Ministry. However, he stayed at the Admiralty for only a few weeks and lost his seat in Parliament at the next general election. He became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard and then second-in-command in the Black Sea taking part in the Siege of Sevastopol and commanding the fleet at the capture of Kinburn during the Crimean War. He went on to be Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, then Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and finally Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.