Colonel Sir Robert "Bobby" Christie Stewart KCVO CBE TD (1926 – 25 September 2019) was a Scottish landowner who had a military career in the British Army and was a Lord Lieutenant of two counties in Scotland.[1] He was generally referred to in the community as R. C. Stewart.
Early life edit
Stewart was born on 3 August 1926.[2] He was the son of Major Alexander Caldwell Stewart and Florence Hamilton Lighton.[3] He was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford, where he read Agriculture and Forest Science.[4]
Career edit
Stewart served in the Scots Guards.[4] He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[3] He then returned to his family estate at Arndean[5] near Blairingone in Scotland.[6][7] Stewart held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire between 1966 and 1974. Later, he was Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire during 1995–2001.[8]
Personal life edit
Stewart lived most of his life at the family home of Arndean, south of Dollar. He inherited the Cowden estate (between Dollar and Muckhart) from his aunt Alice Christie in the 1950s.
Upon the death of his uncle, Captain John Christie Stewart, in 1978, Stewart inherited the estate of Murdostoun, in Lanarkshire, which was sold a year later.
Stewart married Ann Grizel Cochrane, daughter of Air Chief Marshal Hon. Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane and Hilda Frances Holme Wiggin, on 21 May 1953.[3] They had two children together.
Death edit
Stewart died on 25 September 2019, aged 93. He is buried in the Christie plot on the east side of Muckhart church.
References edit
- ^ "Stewart, Lt-Col Sir Robert (Christie)". Who's Who 2020 & Who Was Who. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U36283.
- ^ Grave of R C Stewart, Muckhart churchyard
- ^ a b c "Colonel Sir Robert Christie Stewart". www.thepeerage.com/p24312.htm#i243120. The Peerage. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Sir Robert Christie Stewart". University College Record. October 2000. pp. 63–64.
- ^ "The Garden: History". www.cowdengarden.com. The Japanese Garden, Cowden. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Arndean Cottages", arndean.co.uk, UK, retrieved 23 October 2020
- ^ "Arndean", scotlandsgardens.org, UK: Scotland's Gardens Scheme, retrieved 23 October 2020
- ^ "Sir Bobby Stewart". Lord Lieutenancy of Clackmannanshire. UK. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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