Charles Stewart (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stewart (1775–1812) was a British Army officer who fought and died in the Napoleonic wars. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 71st Highlanders in 1791. He was wounded at the Siege of Seringapatam (1792). He was prompted to lieutenant-colonel of the 50th Foot in 1805. He commanded first battalion on the Walcheren expedition (1809), and also in the Peninsula from 1811 to 1812. He died on campaign at Coria. Biography Charles Stewart, born in 1775, was the eldest son of Thomas Stewart of Drumin, Banffshire, a lieutenant in the 56th foot, and Anne (née Gordon). After serving for a short time in the Duke of Gordon's Fencibles, he was commissioned as lieutenant in the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 25 January 1791. He joined the regiment in India, and was wounded in the attack on Tippoo Sahib's camp at Seringapatam on 6–7 February 1792. He was with the light company, and was noticed by Lord Cornwallis. On 3 April 1794 he obtained a company in the 109th Foot, and, when that regiment was reduced in the following year, he was transferred with the men to the 53rd Foot on 2 September 1795. Stewart served several years