Dear Maureen: I have gone through the references that you have so kindly dug out . Capt Stewart was an astute man and did the reconnoitering prior to the invasion of the Deccan plateau by the Bombay Army. These observations were put down and accepted by the the then Bombay Presidency Government. The Kincaid and Parasnis paragraph is interesting. While we know that the death of Capt Stewart took place according to records at about 1400 hrs on 04 Jan 1779 I did not know that he was reconnoitering the place from the top of a tree when the cheering Maharattas fired their cannons at him and brought that tree down. One account is that he was shot in the back on the left side near the shoulder. I have the Burney Collections where "an officer" report to the paper about the Talegaon goings on . The Chandigarh Tribune however definitely states that he raised the 1st Grenadiers. The problem still remains as to who Capt Stewart was. 1: Was he of the Native infantry or the European Infantry or the Artillery? Was he a ceded officer from HM forces some of whom were around at that time. To have been a Grenadier he must have been an impressive sight as the Grenadiers were known to be strong and large as their main task was to hurl the primitive form of grenade manually. He was also very much "into" the Indian situation to enable him to reconnoiter positively!! 2: He was the ADC to the Gov. of Bombay William Hornby. he must have been both smart and astute. 3: I have gone through the Army lists of both he Madras and Bengal armies but don't find his name there. I have not been able get my hands on the Bombay army lists.I should like to know where he came from. The preliminary probe shows a confusing commonality of names with other James Stewarts too!! I have check out the Black Watch regiment too - there is no James Stewart of our vintage. I will attach an image of his memorial stone that I picked up and send it separately. Thank you again and do help me try to find out who James Stewart was. Sincerely John Dr. John A.Thomas,MD,FRCPath, FAMS