STEWART, HUGH (1884-1934), a son of the Rev. John Stewart, was born in Aberdeenshire, and educated at Fettes College, at Edinburgh University (John Walsh classical scholar), and at Trinity College, Cambridge (foundation scholar). He graduated B.A. in 1908 with first-class honours, and M.A. (1912). He was a master at Rugby (1908-09), lecturer at Liverpool University (1909-12), and in 1912 was appointed professor of classics at Canterbury College, Christchurch. From 1914-19 he served in Gallipoli and France with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding the 2nd battalion of the Canterbury Regiment (1916-18). (C.M.G., D.S.O. with bar, M.C., Croix de Guerre with palms). In 1919 he resumed his position at Canterbury College. He was elected local president, and for two years Dominion president of the Returned Soldiers' Association. In 1926 he was made professor of Latin at Leeds University, and in 1929 principal of Nottingham University. He died on 28 Sep 1934. His first wife was Alexandrina Kathleen (d. 1920), daughter of W. Johnson, of Liverpool. He married (1927) Rosamund (d. 1929), daughter of J. A. Poulton, of Christchurch. Stewart's publications include editions of Zielinski's Our Debt to Antiquity (1909), Niedermann's Latin Phonetics (1910), Provincial Russia (1913), and the Official History of the New Zealand Division (1921).

Who's Who N.Z., 1924, 1932; Hugh Stewart, Memories, 1930; Hight and Candy (p); The Dominion, 2 Dec 1929; Evening Post, 29 Sep 1934.

Reference: Volume 2, page 170

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