COL. STEWART’S DEATH

Business and Teritorial Army career.

The death occurred suddenly yesterday morning of Colonel David Brown Douglas Stewrt at his residence, Banchory house, Banchory-Devenick, near Aberdeen. 

Col. Stewart was at business in his office as usual on Wednesday afternoon. He was in his seventy-third year.

Col. Stewart  was a son of the late Sir David Stewart, chairman of the Great North of Scotland railway, Co., and Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1889 till 1895. he was born at Aberdeen, in August, 1862, and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Edinburgh Academy and Aberdeen University, where he graduated in Arts in 1882.

Combworks company chairman.

He became a partner in Messrs. S.R. Stewart and Co.,  comb manufacturers in 1889,  and was appointed managing director of the Aberdeen Combworks, Ltd., in 1899. From 1919  onwards he was chairman.

In the Volunteer Force and in the Territorial Army Col.  Stewart had a long service. He joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion The Gordon Highlanders in 1884, and had become Major by 1905,  being hon Major  four years previously. His subsequent promotion was rapid and in 1906 he was Lieut,. Col., in 1907 hon. Col., and a year later Colonel.

In 1906 the command of the Battalion devolved upon him at a critical time in his history not only of the Battalion but of the Volunteer movement itself, the time of the change over to the Territorial Force and later the Territorial Army. 

He was in command of the battalion in camp at Tain when the war came, and brought it back to Aberdeen. It was mobilised at Gordon’s College, and went south under Col. Stewart to Perth where the Highland division was mobilised. There Col. T. Ogilvie assumed command and took the battalion to Bedford.

Service During War.

During the war Col. Stewart was on service at home, his name being brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War in February 1917.  He had been gazetted to the T.F Reserve as Lieut. Colonel and hon. Colonel on November 19, 1914. He was a National Service representative from May, 1916, to November, 1918.

Col. Stewart held the Coronation Medals, 1902 and 1910, and the Volunteer decoration. He retired from the Territorial Army at the end of the war. Keenly interested in the welfare of ex-soldiers, Col. Stewart  took an active interest in the Gordon Highlanders’ Club, being chairman of its finance committee.

For two years, from 1914 to 1916, Col. Stewart  was President of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed a vice-president of the Federation of British Industries in 1922.

A Deputy-Lieutenant.

During many years he was an assessor to the Dean of Guild at Aberdeen, and was a Justice of the Peace for both the county of the city of Aberdeen and the county of Kincardine, for the latter of which he was also a Deputy-Lieutenant.

He succeeded his father as laird of Banchory-Devenick in October, 1919.

Col. Stewart  is survived by his wife and one son and three daughters.

Source : Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15th March 1935

 

Death of Colonel D.B.D. Stewart

Son of Former Lord Provost of Aberdeen

Colonel David Brown Douglas Stewart, managing director of the Aberdeen Combworks (Ltd.),  died suddenly yesterday morning, at his residence, Banchory House, Banchory-Devenick, near Aberdeen. He was a son of the late Sir David Stewart of Banchory, Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1889 till 1895, and who was for many years Chairman of the Great North of Scotland Railway.

Colonel Stewart, who was born at Old Machar, Aberdeen, in August 1862, received his education at Aberdeen Grammar School, Edinburgh Academy, and Aberdeen University, where he graduated in Arts in 1882. In 1889 he became a partner in Messrs. S.R. Stewart and Co., comb manufacturers,  and was appointed managing director of the Aberdeen Combworks, (Ltd.), in 1899. He was appointed Chairman in 1919, and continued to hold that position.

He took a prominent part in business affairs in the community, and from 1914 to 1916 was President of the Aberdeen chamber of Commerce. In 1922 he was appointed a vice-president of the Federation of British Industries. He was a J.P. for the County of the City of Aberdeen and for the County of Kincardine. He was also a Deputy-Lieutenant for the County of Kincardine. For many years he was assessor to the Dean of Guild in Aberdeen.

He had a long association with the Volunteer Force and the Territorial Army. Joining the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, in 1884, he became Major in 1905, Lieut. Colonel in 1906, and Colonel in 1908. He was on home service with the Territorial Force during the war.

Source : The Scotsman, 15th March 1935