Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart

Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart (22 September 1821 – 14 March 1905) was a leading British nurse in Crimea.

When her mother died in 1853, she used her inheritance (from slave owning) to construct St Mary's, a new Episcopalian church in Port Glasgow.

[1] In 1856 Florence Nightingale believed she would soon die so she told her supporter General Storks that if she did, then Stewart should take over her duties.

[3] Florence continued to support her by asking that Stewart might receive more training and identifying her as the person to lead the army nurses.

The Royal Herbert Hospital opened in 1865 and in the following year, Stewart, became responsible for their nurses until she was obliged to stand down after accusations of bullying.