page_title: Houston Stewart
section_title: Senior command
hierarchical_section_title: Houston Stewart / Senior command
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Bombardamento e presa del forte di Kinburn, incisioneРусский: Бомбардировка крепости Кинбурн
context_page_description: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and briefly a Liberal Party Member of Parliament. After serving as a junior officer in the Napoleonic Wars, Stewart became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Benbow in the Mediterranean Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Acre during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. He went on to be Captain-Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard and then Controller-General of the Coastguard.
  Stewart served as Third Naval Lord before entering the House of Commons as Liberal Party Member of Parliament MP for Greenwich. Following his election he became Second Naval Lord in the First Derby Ministry. However, he stayed at the Admiralty for only a few weeks and lost his seat in Parliament at the next general election. He became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard and then second-in-command in the Black Sea taking part in the Siege of Sevastopol and commanding the fleet at the capture of Kinburn during the Crimean War. He went on to be Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, then Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and finally Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.
context_section_description: Stewart was appointed Third Naval Lord in February 1850 and, having been promoted to rear admiral on 16 June 1851, he entered the House of Commons at a by-election in February 1852 as Liberal Party Member of Parliament MP for Greenwich, following the resignation of Sir James Dundas. Following his election he became Second Naval Lord in the First Derby Ministry in February 1852. However, he stayed at the Admiralty for only a few weeks and lost his seat in Parliament at the general election in July 1852.
  Stewart became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, with his flag in the fifth-rate HMS Ceylon, in April 1853 and second-in-command in the Black Sea, with his flag in the second-rate HMS Hannibal in January 1855. He took part in the Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 and commanded the fleet at the capture of Kinburn in October 1855 during the Crimean War. For his services in the war, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855, appointed to the French Legion of Honour, 2nd Class on 30 April 1857 and awarded the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class on 2 March 1858.
  Stewart went on to be Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, with his flag in the second-rate HMS Indus, early in 1856 and Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, with his flag in HMS Indus again, in November 1856. Promoted to vice-admiral on 30 July 1857, he became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, with his flag in the second-rate HMS Impregnable, in October 1860. Promoted to full admiral on 10 November 1862 and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 28 March 1865, he was appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital in February 1869 and promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 20 October 1872. He died at his home in Port William in Wigtownshire on 10 December 1875.
caption: The bombardment of Kinburn during which Stewart commanded the British fleet
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