George H. Steuart
Politician, Deceased Person
1700 – 1784
Who was George H. Steuart?
George Hume Steuart, was a Scottish physician, tobacco planter, and Loyalist politician in colonial Maryland. Born in Perthshire, Steuart emigrated to Maryland in around 1721, where he benefited from proprietarial patronage and was appointed to a number of colonial offices, eventually becoming a wealthy landowner with estates in both Maryland and Scotland. However, he was forced by the outbreak of the American Revolution to decide whether to remain loyal to the Crown or to throw in his lot with the American rebels. In 1775 Steuart sailed to Scotland, deciding at age 75 that "he could not turn rebel in his old age". He remained there until his death in 1784.
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- Born
- 1700
Argaty - Also known as
- Dr George H. Steuart
- George Hume Steuart
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Dodon
- Died
- 1784
Perthshire
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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