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Bernard Halley Stewart

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Bernard Halley Stewart
Born(1874-05-06)6 May 1874
Died30 July 1958(1958-07-30) (aged 84)
Hadley Wood, England
EducationCambridge University
OccupationPhysician
SpouseMabel Wyatt
Children1, Harold
FatherHalley Stewart
RelativesPercy Stewart (brother)
Ian Stewart (grandson)
Military career
ServiceRoyal Army Medical Corps
WarsWorld War I

Dr Bernard Halley Stewart FRSE (6 May 1874–30 July 1958) was a British physician during the 20th century.

Life

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He was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea on 6 May 1874, the son of Sir Halley Stewart and his wife, Jane Elizabeth Atkinson.[1] He was educated at University College School in Hastings then in Bishop's Stortford.

He then studied for a general degree at Cambridge University graduating MA in 1896, and allowing him to then study Medicine there, graduating MB ChB in 1906/7. He was awarded his doctorate (MD) in 1911. In the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in France. On return he set up as a GP in East Bergholt in Suffolk before moving to Barnet. In 1937 he established the Sir Halley Stewart Trust in memory of his father and served as its first President.[2]

In 1939 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas J. Mackie, Sir George Newman, Sir Sydney Smith and Alfred Joseph Clark.[3]

He died at West House, Broadgates Park, Hadley Wood in Hertfordshire on 30 July 1958.

Family

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He married Mabel Florence Wyatt. They had one son Harold Charles Stewart, in turn father to Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bernard Halley Stewart". ThePeerage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Home". Sir Halley Stuart Trust. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Professor Harold Charles Stewart". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.