John Heron Maxwell Shaw Stewart
1831 Born in Edinburgh, son of John Shaw Stewart, advocate
1851 commissioned as Lieutenant, Madras Engineers
1853 Arrived in India
1854 Entered the Department of Public Works of the Madras Residency
1860 China campaign
c.1861 Joined the Corps of Royal Madras Engineers, India
1863 Dep Sec to Govt. of India, public works department
1867 Govt. Consulting Engineer for Railways
1869 Major Shaw Stewart, Govt. Consulting Engineer for Railways, became an Associate of the Inst Civil Engineers
1883 Member of legislative council
1886 Colonel Shaw Stewart RE, FRSE, was Ch. Eng., P. W. D., Madras. In Sept he retired.
1896 Major General Shaw Stewart RE, FRSE, of Lancaster Gate, London
1908 Died in Middlesex[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ national Probate calendar
- Civil engineer records
- Employees of the East India Co and the India Office