William George Drummond Stewart, VC was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The Charge of the 93rd Highlanders, November 1857 by William Skeoch Cumming
An early photograph by Robertson of officers and men of the 93rd Highland Regiment in the Crimea, 1854
The 93rd Highlanders form the immortalised 'Thin Red Line' to repulse Russian Cavalry at the Battle of Balaklava, Crimea 25 Oct 1854, action in which Capt. Stewart was involved, painted by Robert Gibb
The 93rd Highlanders entering the Secunderabagh, Lucknow through a breach in the wall, 16 Nov 1857 during the Indian Mutiny
Sir William Drummond Stewart, 7th Baronet was a Scottish adventurer and British military officer. He travelled extensively in the American West for nearly seven years in the 1830s. In 1837 he took along the American artist, Alfred Jacob Miller, hiring him to do sketches of the trip. Many of his completed oil paintings of American Indian life and the Rocky Mountains originally hung in Murthly Castle, though they have now been dispersed to a number of private and public collections.
In this painting, artist Alfred Jacob Miller recreates a scene depicting Stewart standing his ground against Crow Indians. The Walters Art Museum.
7th Baronet of Blair, 1837, by Alfred Jacob Miller
