page_title: Patrick Stuart (British Army general)
section_title: Military career
hierarchical_section_title: Patrick Stuart (British Army general) / Military career
caption_attribution_description: English: Eaglescairnie House Eaglescairnie - 'The church by the rocks' It is believed there has been a house on this site since the 12th century when Emma de St. Hilary married William de Vetereponte (Vipond) at Bolton. A descendent, Katherine Chisholm married Walter Haliburton of Dirleton in 1432 and the house continued to pass down through the generations. That line ended in 1919 with the death of Emily Henrietta Stuart, daughter of Sir Patrick Stuart and grand daughter of the 10th Lord Blantyre of Lennoxlove. The house was featured recently in the East Lothian Life magazine. The first story of this historic house. Strictly speaking, the word Eaglescairnie in Scots Gaelic means 'church by the cairn (pile of rocks) though there is much debate with many believing the 'cairnie' part of the word being associated with a saint.
context_page_description: General The Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart GCMG was a British Army officer who became Governor of Malta.
context_section_description: Born the son of the 10th Lord Blantyre, Stuart was commissioned into the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards in 1794. He became inspecting field officer of the militia in the Ionian Islands in 1816. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Scotland in 1830 (and from 1836, Governor of Edinburgh Castle) and Governor of Malta in 1843 before retiring in 1847.
  He served as Colonel of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot from 1843 until his death and was promoted to full general in 1851.
   
  He died at his home, Eaglescairnie House in East Lothian, on 7 February 1855.
  His will is in the National Archives.
caption: Eaglescairnie House: home of Sir Patrick Stuart
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