James Haldane Stewart


James Haldane Stewart was rector of Limpsfield, Surrey, where he lies buried.
He was the third son of Duncan Stewart of Ardsheal, 10th Chief of Clan Appin who married Anne Erving of Boston. Anne Erving was the daughter of Hon. John Erving of Connecticut, loyalist Governor of Boston and a member of His Majesty's Council for the Province and his wife, Anne Shirley, who was herself daughter of William Shirley colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and owner of the Shirley-Eustis House. James Haldane Stewart married Mary Dale on 15 August 1816 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Early life

James Haldane Stewart was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated at Dr Valpy’s school in Reading, Berkshire and Eton College, after which he trained at Lincoln's Inn, for a career in law. Stewart was converted in 1802 through his contact with the Anglican clergyman William Marsh and Thomas Tyndale.

Ordination

Stewart matriculated in 1803 at Exeter College, Oxford and graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1810. He was ordained deacon in 1806 and priest in 1807 and appointed Curate of Basildon with Ashampstead in Berkshire in 1809. From 1812 to 1828 he officiated at Percy Chapel in London despite suffering a breakdown in health in 1817 which necessitated a visit to the Continent.
He was the first minister of St Bride's Church, Liverpool, on 29 December 1830 naming the street, Percy Street, after the Percy Chapel, also in Percy Street, London.

Activities

Stewart was an active supporter of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, the Church Missionary Society and the Protestant Reformation Society. He built his own chapel in Liverpool and ministered there from 1830 to 1846. Stewart after 1820 was a strong advocate of prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Stewart was Rector of Limpsfield in Surrey during his final years.

Publications

In 1820 The Rev. James Haldane Stewart published “Hints for the General Union of Christians for the Outpouring of the Spirit”.

James Haldane Stewart Junior

Rev. James Haldane Stewart Jr., his elder son, was curate at Limpsfield, and married Emily Katherine Leveson-Gower, daughter of William Leveson-Gower, of Titsey Place on 22 May 1866. He was the Rector of Millbrook, Hampshire from 1855 to 1866 and then Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Berkshire.
They had six daughters: