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Jato
 This may be a small offering,in my home town in Lanarkshire,there is Murdostoun Castle, Allanton estate which was owned from the 1800s by Robert Stuart/Stewart, an ex provost of Glasgow,then by his son J C Stuart/Stewart,the castle was sold in the 1980s I think. so there must be some history of those Stuart/stewart,maybe Lanarkshire Family History have some info on them.

Thank you. jato37

It has been suggested that he was from the Stewarts of Torrance House(East Kilbride). Can someone please help. ?  jato37

I have three document-copies  all marked as “Secret”:
 from the then Bombay Presidency Governor dated 12 December 1778 noted in the minutes on 1st February 1779 No 2, mentioning  the advances of the Grenadier Sepoys under the Command of Capt James Stewart;
another an Intelligence report from Poona dated 25 February 1779 No:3 mentioning the death of Capt. James Stewart and
a dispatch from the Bombay Government to the Select committee dated 27 March 1779 marked 3 May 1779 No:7 mentioning Capt. James Stewart’s skirmishes and his subsequent death on 04 Jan. 1779.
What type of documents were marked as : “Secret”?
There were other deaths that took place around that time [04 Jan 1779] but why was Capt. Stewart’s death particularly mentioned in a secret communication?
Mention of Capt. James Stewart name has not been made in the following documents:
1: appointments of Officers and cadets in the Minutes of the Court of Directors of HEICo series B in the India Office Records.
2: Alphabetical list of the officers of the Bengal  and Madras armies; with the dates of their respective promotion, retirement, resignation, or death ... from ... 1760 to ... 1834 inclusive, corrected to ... 1837.I have not been able to access the Bombay Army Lists completely
3: Embarkation Lists from England to India for the period 1750 – 1769 in L/MIL/9/85-86 but found no reference to James Stewart.
4: a search of  Wills showed  that Capt James Stewart died intestate and an administration was granted to one Patrick Crawfurd Bruce (P/416/77-78). Patrick was evidently a banker who seems to have known the Capt for some time. This is evidenced in the statements in his letters of 1776 IOR/MSS Eur Photo Eur 418 and in one dated 21 July 1776 where he refers to reimbursements of stoppages due from Capt Stewart’s battalion.
I do not know if he was one of the many “slop sellers” who existed at that time and may perhaps account for the acquaintanceship. He was listed in 1806 belonging to  Taplow Court, Bucks., an East India merchant in London, and a partner in Vere, Bruce & Co. This company seems to be still existent.
5: A perusal of Ecclesiastical records do not show his name, but then I do not know if when such person when  killed in battle in a foreign country would have his name recorded in these records.
6: He has been mentioned  as having been the ADC to the then Governor. He has also been involved in raising the Guards battalion and the Rajputana Rifles but no definite dates are given.

Thank you. Shall check this family out.