Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart, 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.
- Occupation
- politician, naval officer
- Position held
- member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Third Sea Lord, Second Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
