Herbert Stewart

Sir Herbert Stewart
Engraving in The Illustrated London News, February 1885
Born30 June 1843
Sparsholt, Hampshire, England
Died16 February 1885 (aged 41)
Near Jakdul, Sudan
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1863-1885
RankMajor-general
CommandsGordon relief expedition
Battles / warsAnglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Mahdist War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of Saint Sava[1]
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1869Marylebone Cricket Club
1869Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 19
Batting average 2.71
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Catches/stumpings 2/1

Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart KCB ADC (30 June 1843 – 16 February 1885) was a British Army officer and English first-class cricketer.

He was mortally wounded leading one of the columns to relieve the Siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist War

  1. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima (in Serbian). Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 596.