Robert Strother Stewart (16 May 1878 – 15 November 1954) was an English lawyer, colonial judge and Liberal Party politician.
In 1933 he was appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony[5] and held the post until 1942.
Stewart also served as a Member of the West African Court of Appeal and was Acting Chief Justice of Gold Coast Colony on various occasions.
[2] Stewart first stood for Parliament at the 1918 general election as Liberal candidate for the Workington Division of Cumberland.
The Unionist Lt Col D J Mason was second, Stewart finished third with an Independent candidate at the bottom of the poll.
Stewart came third in a three-cornered fight behind Watson and Labour's Frederick Fox Riley, who was to win the seat at the 1929 election.
Watson having stood down, Stewart now faced a Conservative candidate, Harold Macmillan, the future Prime Minister, with Riley again representing Labour.
[9] By 1924 however the Conservative Party had revived and British politics was reverting to a two-party system, with Labour replacing the Liberals as the main force on the left.
Stewart listed his recreations as music, acting and stamp collecting but he clearly had a penchant for football too.