Stewart

Most likely Major James Stewart of the Duke of Perth's Regiment, although there was also a Major Stewart of the Stewarts of Appin, whose given name and fate are both unknown (Muster Roll, p. 12). James Stewart was captured at Culloden, tried and convicted at Southwark, and pardoned on consideration of his mercy toward a Dragoon at Prestonpans (Prisoners, vol. 3, pp. 344-45). According to a list of prisoners taken at or after Culloden, James Stewart was originally from Aberdeenshire (no. 854, RA CP/Main Box 69 Series XI.20.22, as transcribed by Darren Layne).