John Shaw Stewart
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John Shaw Stewart FRSE (1793–1840) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and essayist.
He was born John Shaw Shaw-Stewart on 24 July 1793 a younger son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart (1766-1825) 5th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall, and his wife, the Hon. Catherine Maxwell, daughter of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell. His brothers included Admiral Sir Houston Shaw Stewart (1791-1875).
He studied Law and qualified as an advocate in 1816. He was Advocate Depute from 1830 to 1835 and he served as Sheriff of Stirlingshire from 1838.[1]
In 1823, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being William Miller, Lord Glenlee.[2] He was also a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh.[3]
He lived at 12 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh's West End, close to Princes Street.[4]
He died in Edinburgh on 29 June 1840 and is buried with members of his family in St Cuthbert's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street Gardens.
