Herbert Stewart

Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart (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 Early life Stewart, the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Stewart, was born at Sparsholt, Hampshire. He was the grandson of Edward Richard Stewart and great-grandson of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Brighton College and then Winchester College Stewart played first-class cricket in 1869 as a wicket-keeper for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club. His debut first-class match came for the MCC against Oxford University at Oxford. Three further matches followed, two for the MCC against the South and Cambridge University, with his solitary appearance for Hampshire coming against the MCC at Lord's. In his four first-class matches, he scored 28 runs with a highest score of 8, in addition to taking two catches and making a single stumping. Military career He entered the British Army in 1863. After serving in India with his regiment (37th Foot) he returned to England in 1873, having exchanged into the 3rd Dragoon Guards. In 1877 he entered the staff college and also became a barrister in the Inner Temple. In 1878 he was sent to South Africa, served in both the Anglo-Zulu War and the Second Sekhukhune War in 1879. As the chief staff-officer under Sir George Pomeroy Colley, he was present at British defeat in the Battle of Majuba Hill (27 February 1881) which ended the First Anglo-Boer War. He was taken prisoner by a Boer patrol and detained until the end of March.