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- Indian Army Officer.
Described in Lord Atkin's Autobiography, (page 194)
"He and his first wife had been tenants of my grandmother at Esgair, her other house about three miles from Pantlludw. They had been great friend of the family, and about two or three years after his first wife's death he and my Mother were married. He was about thirty years older, but there never was a happier marriage.... He was the most perfect example of a soldier and a gentleman I ever met. Tall and commanding looking..."
More to follow... I have acquired many of his papers - RA June 2016
- Memoirs in this book:
The Reminiscences of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Ruddiman Steuart, Late of the Indian Army. Edited by His Wife [Mary E. Steuart]. With a Genealogical Introduction by His Grand-nephew, A. Francis Steuart. [With a Portrait.].
Only copy I can find on sale in USA for $150! (RA Jun 2016)
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