A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stewart, Henry
STEWART. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Henry Stewart entered the Navy 29 June, 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the Mediterranean – 5 Oct. 1841, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, under whom he was for three years employed, chiefly on the East India station – 12 Sept. and 6 Oct. 1845, as Senior, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe, and Kingfisher 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown and Fred. Wilmot Horton, the latter attached to the force on the coast of Africa – and 20 Feb. 1847, as Additional, to the Crocodile Receiving-ship at Cork, Capts. Sam. Rosser Protheroe and Geo. Augustus Bedford.