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
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Narrative: Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Navy list: The navy list. London: John Murray; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1815–1900.
O’Byrne, William R. 1849. A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive. London: John Murray.
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