Background
STEWART, William Burton j son of late James Stewart was born in 1872.
STEWART, William Burton j son of late James Stewart was born in 1872.
Studied at Loretto School. Brasenose College, Oxford. Called Scottish Bar, 1898.
Major in Lothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry.
Served with Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa (medal with 3 clasps). Member King’s Bodyguard, Scotland (Royal Company of Archers). Private Secretary to Marquis of Linlithgow (Secretary of State for Scotland), 1905.
Contested Stroud (Mid-Gloucestershire) Division, 1906.
London County Council, 1907. Has travelled in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Australia, Canada, and United States of America.
Clubs: Bachelors’, White’son New, Edinburgh.
Spouse 1899, Rachel,daughter of Percy Westmacott of Benwell Hill, Newcastleupon-Tyne.