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Name: STUART, Walter Ernest (Capt.)
Nee: son of Col. C. J. and Mary Stuart
Birth Date: 1875
Death Date: 1 Oct.1904 Nairobi, after being mauled by a lion
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1904
Profession: Army
Book Reference: Gillett, Kingsley-Heath, Nicholls, North, Barnes, Roosevelt
General Information:
Young, vigorous and delightful person, he intended to make EA his home when he retired from military service, but died in Nbi. after being mauled by a lion.
Kingsley-Heath - Killed by a lion near Machakos, Kenya, when hunting in 1911.
North has William Ernest Stuart - b. c.1875; arr. Mombasa from SA & dep. for Nairobi 9/9/1904; Settler's Game Licence 17/9/1904; d. 3/10/1904, Nairobi, gangrene following lion bites, aged 29, gravestone marked 'Walter Ernest Stewart, Lt. SAC'
Barnes - Nairobi South Cemetery - Walter Ernest Stuart, died 1 Oct 1904 aged 29 - "in loving memory of Walter Ernest Stuart, Lieut. S.A.C., beloved son of the late Col. C.J. Stuart and Mary Stuart, died at Nairobi of Lion wounds, gangrene [Register shows Lieut. Walter Ernest Stewart, died 3 Mar 1905, ADC, Son of Col. C.J. Stewart, Lion wounds aged 29
Roosevelt - An English officer named Stewart, while endeavouring to kill his first lion, was himself set on and slain.