James Haldane Stewart

James Haldane Stewart (December 22, 1778 – 22 October 1854) was rector of Limpsfield, Surrey, where he lies buried.

John Erving of Connecticut, loyalist Governor of Boston and a member of His Majesty's Council for the Province and his wife, Anne Shirley, the daughter of William Shirley colonial, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and owner of the Shirley-Eustis House.

He was educated at Dr Valpy’s school in Reading, Berkshire and Eton College, after which he trained at Lincoln's Inn, for a career in law.

Stewart was converted in 1802 through his contact with the Anglican clergyman William Marsh and Thomas Tyndale.

From 1812 to 1828 he officiated at Percy Chapel in London, despite suffering a breakdown in health in 1817 which necessitated a visit to the Continent.