Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart KCB (30 June 1843 – 16 February 1885) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

[7] Following the Zulu victory at the Battle of Isandlwana, Stewart was dispatched to South Africa as a 'special service officer', where he partook in the remainder of the Anglo-Zulu War which concluded in July 1879.

[21] Stewart served as brigade major for the cavalry in the second invasion of Zululand and was present at the 5 June Zungeni Mountain skirmish.

[26] Stewart returned to South Africa in 1881 to take part in the First Boer War, serving under Major-General George Pomeroy Colley as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general.

[12] Following his release, he gained the substantive rank of major in July 1881,[28] and in early 1882 he was appointed aide-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cowper.

[5] In August 1882, he was placed on the staff as quarter-master general and assistant adjutant of the cavalry division in Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War.

[35] In January 1884, he was sent to Suakin on the Red Sea coast of Sudan to serve in the Mahdist War, where he commanded of the cavalry under Sir Gerald Graham.

[39] On 16 January 1885, he found the enemy in force near the wells of Abu Klea, and brilliantly repulsed their fierce charge on the following morning,[40] despite his horse being shot from under him.

[35] Leaving the wounded under guard, the column moved forward on the 18 January through bushy country towards Metemma, 23 miles distant.

[12] Meanwhile, the enemy continued their attacks, and on the morning of the 19 January, Stewart was wounded when he was shot in the abdomen during the Battle of Abu Kru and had to hand over command to Sir Charles Wilson, the intelligence officer.

He was a young officer, who by his own merits and his personal bravery had brought himself into a prominent position in the Army much earlier than usually happened in the ordinary course of events.

"[44] Stewart seemed to epitomize the selfless spirit of the age, embodying the heroic sacrifice for Queen and Country that was supposed to symbolize a civilized empire.

A bronze relief panel was erected in St Paul's Cathedral, London;[45] it was unveiled by Lord Wolseley in July 1888.