Alexander Stewart (rugby union)

Alexander Stewart

Birth name	Alexander Kenneth Stewart
Date of birth	(1852-08-30)30 August 1852
Place of birth	Mumbai, India
Date of death	13 February 1945(1945-02-13) (aged 92)
Place of death	Achnacone, Appin, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh University () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1873-74 Edinburgh District 2 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1874-76 Scotland 2 (0)

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Kenneth Stewart (30 August 1852 – 13 February 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1875.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Stewart played for Edinburgh University.

Provincial career

Stewart represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the world's third provincial match, the 'Inter-city', on 6 December 1873.

Stewart next played for the District on 24 January 1874.

International career

Stewart's international debut was the home match against England in the fixture at The Oval on 23 February 1874.

Stewart's last match for Scotland, also against England, was the fixture at The Oval on 6 March 1876.

Medical career

Stewart earned his medical degree at Edinburgh University and joined the Indian Medical Service.

Military career

While in India, Stewart served with the Poona Horse regiment. He was present at the Siege of Kandahar in 1895, participated in the Chitral Campaign at that same year and took part in the Afghan War in 1897.

Family

Stewart was the head of the Achnacone branch of the Stewart clan, the 12th member of his family to hold that honour. His great-great-grandfather was killed at Culloden. He retired in 1897, after the Afghan War, and remained in his family home of Achnacone. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the County of Argyll.