Peter Benson Stewart (1808–64)

Naval officer. Mate on HMS Beagle, 1831–6. Lieutenant on HMS Alligator, serving off the coast of Australia and the East Indies, 1837–41. His last period of sea duty was as commander in the Coast Guard, 1841–8. Captain, 1857. Government emigration officer in Glasgow, 1861.

Sources

Census returns of Scotland 1861 (The National Archives of Scotland: Govan 14/10)

Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. J. Sulivan, 18 March [1864]

Narrative 2: 19–20

Navy list 1837–64

O’Byrne 1849