Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, 1st Baronet, was a senior Indian Army officer.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 4
![Lieutenant General Donald Stewart during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. In 1878 Stewart commanded the Kandahar Field Force (also known as the Quetta Army). He led the march across harsh terrain and into several cavalry battles against Afghan forces on his way to occupying Kandahar in January 1879. He was promoted to commander in chief in India in April 1881 and to field marshal in 1894. He is shown here in the uniform of a lieutenant general.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Indian_Celebrities-_Sir_Donald_Stewart_WDL11439.png/500px-Indian_Celebrities-_Sir_Donald_Stewart_WDL11439.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Lieutenant General Donald Stewart during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. In 1878 Stewart commanded the Kandahar Field Force (also known as the Quetta Army). He led the march across harsh terrain and into several cavalry battles against Afghan forces on his way to occupying Kandahar in January 1879. He was promoted to commander in chief in India in April 1881 and to field marshal in 1894. He is shown here in the uniform of a lieutenant general.[4]
The Battle of Ahmed Khel, at which Stewart led the British forces, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, LondonAwards 4
Connected to Sir 6
Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur RanaAlso won Order of the Star of India
Percy SykesAlso won Order of the Indian Empire
David PrainAlso won Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
John Maffey, 1st Baron RugbyAlso won Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Beauchamp DuffAlso won Order of the Star of India
Ugyen WangchuckAlso won Order of the Indian EmpireAbout this person
Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, 1st Baronet, was a senior Indian Army officer. He fought on the Aka Khel Expedition to the North-West Frontier in 1854, took part in the response to the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and, after serving as commandant of the penal settlement of the Andaman Islands, fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as Commander of the Quetta Army. In that role, he advanced through the Bolan Pass to Quetta, and then on to Kandahar in January 1879. In March 1880, he made a difficult march from Kandahar to Kabul, fighting on the way the Battle of Ahmed Khel and Battle of Arzu, and then holding supreme military and civil command in northern Afghanistan. He became Commander-in-Chief, India in April 1881 and a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India in 1893.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.