Sir David Stewart married in 1860 Margaret Dyce, eldest daughter of the Rev. David Brown, DD, LLD, Principal of the United Free Church College.
He is survived by Lady Stewart and the following sons – David Brown Douglas, Drumduan, lieut.-colonel and hon. colonel, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders (VD); William Dyce; and George Irvine Thompson, FRCS, Ipswich, county medical officer of health for East Suffolk. The daughters are Alexandra Catharine Dyce (Lady Reid), widow of Major-General Sir Alexander J. F. Reid, KCB; Mary, wife of Professor Niven, Aberdeen University; Julia Charlotte, Margaret Isobel, and Jessie Josephine, wife of Mr Louis Slade Winsloe, Cheshire.
Lady Stewart was associated with her husband in much of his public work, and in that sphere, as in private life, acquitted herself with a grace and charm which were a fitting complement to the qualities which distinguished Sir David. She, it is of interest to record, in presence of the Town Council in February, 1899, inaugurated within the Town House the electric lighting of the city. To her and the other members of the family the sympathy of the city and of many personal friends will be extended.
The funeral takes place on Tuesday, and there will be a service in the Banchory-Devenick United Free Church.
Source : Aberdeen Daily Journal, 13th October 1919
Sir DAVID STEWART of Banchory- Devenick and Leggart (M.A., King’s College, 1855 ; LL.D. , Aberdeen, 1895) died at his residence, Banchory House, near Aberdeen, on 11 October, aged eighty
– three years.
He was the eldest son of the late Mr. John Stewart, and succeeded him in 1887 as proprietor of the Aberdeen Combworks and of the estates of Banchory-Devenick and Leggart. He was president of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, 1883- 84 ; Dean of Guild of the city of Aberdeen, 1885 – 89 ; and a member of the Aberdeen School Board, 1885 – 88 . He was elected Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1889, and occupied the position for two terms of three years each, retiring in 1895. During that period he was, ex officio, a member of the University Court , and he was also a member of the Court as Assessor for the Lord Rector (the Marquis of Huntly) from 1896 – 1900. The University extension scheme was initiated during his Provostship, and to the scheme he personally contributed £1000.
He was the Unionist candidate for South Aberdeen in opposition to Mr. (now Viscount) Bryce at the general election of 1895 , and was knighted in the year following. He became a director of the Great North of Scotland Railway Company in 1891, and had been Chairman of the Company since 1904.
His three surviving sons are all graduates of the University – Colonel D. B. DOUGLAS STEWART (M.A., 1882); Mr. WILLIAM DYCE STEWART (M.A., 1885) and Dr. GEORGE IRVINE THOMPSON STEWART (M.A., 1893 ; M.D., 1896 ; B.Sc., 1899). One of his daughters is married to Profesrsor Niven. Sir David Stewart’s portrait, painted by Orchardson, is one of the chief artistic possessions of the city.
