Stewart-Richardson E A Captain Sir 3rd Black Watch

Stewart-Richardson E A Captain Sir 3rd Black Watch

CAPTAIN SIR E. A. STEWART-RICHARDSON, BART.

3RD BATTALION THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)

SIR EDWARD AUSTIN STEWART-RICHARDSON, 15th Bart., of Pencaitland, was the eldest son of Sir James Stewart-Richardson, 14th Bart., of Pencaitland, Pitfour Castle, Perth. He entered the School in 1888. In 1891 he joined the 3rd Battalion

Black Watch, and from 1899 to 1902 was A.D.C. to Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland.

In the South African campaign he served as Captain with the Queens-land Mounted Infantry, taking part in the operations in the Orange River Free State, including the action at Vet River, and in the Orange River Colony, including the actions at Rhenoster River, Wittebergen, and Wit-poort, for which he received the Queen’s Medal, with five Clasps.

He went with his Regiment to Flanders in 1914, and died in London on November 28th in that year, of wounds received at Ypres in the previous October. Age 43.

He married, in 1904, Lady Constance Mackenzie, younger daughter of Francis, 2nd Earl of Cromartie, and left two sons.

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

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