George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway
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George Stewart wearing the naval uniform of post-captain. Watercolour on ivory by Anne Mee.
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| Member of the Great Britain Parliament for Saltash |
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In office 1790 – February 1795 |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Cockermouth |
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In office 22 July 1805 – 1806 |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Haslemere |
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In office 1806 – November 1806 |
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| Born | 24 March 1768 |
| Died | 27 March 1834 (aged 66) |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Jane Paget |
| Children | 4 sons and 4 daughters |
| Alma mater | Westminster School |
| Awards | Order of the Thistle |
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Great Britain United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1781–1806 |
| Rank | Admiral |
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Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT (24 March 1768 – 27 March 1834), styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.
Garlies was the eldest son of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and Anne, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, and attended Westminster School before embarking on a career in the Royal Navy.
Garlies entered into the navy at an early age, serving as a 13-year-old midshipman under the command of his uncle, Commodore Keith Stewart at the Battle of Dogger Bank in August 1781, and also in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782. In 1789 he was promoted to lieutenant, serving in the frigate Aquilon in the Mediterranean. He returned to England in early 1790, when appointed commander of the fire ship Vulcan. He was promoted to post-captain on 30 April 1793, and soon after was appointed to the frigate Winchelsea, serving in the West Indies, and being wounded while covering the landing of the army at Guadaloupe in April 1794, and was then sent with detachments of troops to accept the surrender of the islands of Marie-Galante and La Désirade.
In 1795 he took command of the frigate Lively, and took Sir John Jervis out from England to assume command in the Mediterranean. Commanding a division of four frigates and a sloop, he engaged the Spanish ship of line San Francisco de Asís in the Action of 25 January 1797, in which he was forced to withdraw. He served in the area until the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797. After the battle Lively carried Sir Robert Calder, with the account of the victory, and Lord Minto, Viceroy of Corsica, and his suite, who were on board during the battle, back to England.
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