Rev. Charles Edward Stewart

1759 - 1819


Biography

Rector of Wakes Colnes in Essex 1795-1819. Through his wife Ann Alethea nee Wallin (q.v.) he came into possession of the Litchfield estate in St Thomas-in-the-Vale in Jamaica. Author of several volumes, including A Collection of Trifles in Verse (1797) and Obedience to government, reverence to the Constitution, and resistance to Bonaparte: a sermon preached at Bury St. Edmund's, before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron MacDonald, and the Honourable Mr. Baron Hotham, at the Assizes, held there July 29, 1803, as well as some pamphlets of political commentary.

  1. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, Mar. 3, 1767. S. of Giles. B. at Long Melford, Suffolk. School, Ely. Scholar, 1767; matric. Lent, 1768; B.A. 1771. Incorp. at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1772; M.A. (Oxford) 1773. R. of Courteenhall, Northants., 1773-95. R. of Wakes Colne, Essex, 1795-1819. R. of Rede, Suffolk, 1807-19. Author, The Aliad; an heroical epistle to Clos?? Redivivus. Died Oct. 8, 1819, aged 70. (Peile, II. 283; Al. Oxon.; Northants. Clergy, XIII. 65.)

Sources

For his publications, see http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/results?Maker=Charles+Edward+Stewart [accessed 16/12/2106].

  1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Ann Althea Wallin
School
Ely
University
Christ’s College, Cambridge BA 1771; Magdalen College, Oxford, MA 1773 [1768-1771; Oxford: 1772-1773 ]
Occupation
Clergyman
Religion
Church of England

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1778 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Joint owner

The estate had been the property of his wife Ann Alethea Wallin. By 1790, the property was registered to him alone, although his wife was still alive


Relationships (2)

Husband → Wife
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Notes →
Richard Wallin died years before his daughter Ann Alethea married Rev. Charles Edward...

Addresses (1)

Wakes Colne, Essex, South-east England, England