| Alexander Stewart | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1739 |
| Death Date: | 16 December 1794 |
| Birth Place: | Afton, Wigtownshire |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Battles: | American Revolutionary War Flanders Campaign |
Major-General Alexander Stewart (c. 1739 - 16 December 1794) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a politician.
Born the second son of John Stewart MP (died 1769) of Castle Stewart, and brother of William Stewart MP,[1] Stewart was commissioned as an ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot on 8 April 1755.[2] He commanded a field force at Orangeburg and fought at the Battle of Eutaw Springs during the American Revolutionary War.[2] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Foot on 7 July 1775 ; Colonel in the army on 16 May 1780 ; and promoted Major-General on 28 April 1790. He was granted the colonelcy of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 20 November 1793.[3] He served in the Duke of York's army during the Flanders Campaign.,[2] commanding the First Brigade of infantry during the retreat to Holland in 1794. He returned home towards the end of the year and ‘fell a sacrifice to an illness contracted in consequence of the fatigues he had undergone’, dying 16 December 1794.'[4]
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1786 to 1794.
. Richard Cannon. Historical Record of the Second, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot. 1838. London. Clowes and Sons.
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