Elected RSA: 10 July 1829
At a General meeting, held on the 22d June, the attention of the Academy was called to an announcement in the news-papers of the death, at the Cape of Good Hope, of Mr. James Stewart, formerly an Academician, and more recently an Honorary member of the Academy. The meeting unanimously resolved to record thon their minutes their sorrow at the death of this very estimable member of the body, and directed the same to be communicated to the widow and family of the deceased.
RSA Obituary, transcribed from the 1863 RSA Annual Report