Sir Kenneth Dugald Stewart of Strathgarry, 1st Bt.

Sir Kenneth Dugald Stewart of Strathgarry, 1st Baronet (29 March 1882 – 19 May 1972) was a Scottish merchant who was President of Trustee Savings Banks Association and the first chairman of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation.

Biography

Stewart was born in London, the fourth son of East India merchant Hinton Daniell Stewart, 6th Laird of Strathgarry, Killiecrankie, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross. He was a member of Clan Stewart of Appin. His mother, Lucy Macfarlane, was the daughter of Dr. Donald Macfarlane of Perth.

Stewart was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. He worked for Maitland and Co. Ltd., in Shanghai from 1903 to 1919. He was British delegate to the Special Conference on the Chinese Customs Tariff, October 1925 to April 1926 in Peking. He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross (GBE) of the order in the 1950 Birthday Honours.

He was created a Baronet, of Strathgarry in the County of Perth, in the 1960 Birthday Honours.