About Robert Stewart
Lived 1816 – 1875 (aged 58). Robert Stewart was a politician.
Robert Stewart (28 July 1816 – 9 June 1875) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Sydney to master mariner William Stewart and Charlotte Kirk. His father was drowned in 1820 and the family lived on Broken Bay on the Hawkesbury River until 1831, when they went to Sydney. Stewart was apprenticed as a cabinet maker, and later worked as an undertaker. Around 1843 he married Isabella Craig, with whom he had a son. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Sydney. He retired in 1864, but returned in 1866, retiring again in 1869. He died at Sydney on the day of his wedding to Annie Carss in 1875.
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Who was Robert Stewart?
New South Wales politician
When was Robert Stewart born?
Robert Stewart was born on 28 July 1816.
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Robert Stewart died on 9 June 1875.
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Robert Stewart was a politician.
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· DBpedia: Robert Stewart (New South Wales politician)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robert Stewart. https://biography.guide/robert-stewart-politician-1816/
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