Charles Stewart (minister)
Charles Edward Stewart, QHC (10 June 1946 – 8 November 2025) was a Church of Scotland minister and Royal Navy chaplain.
Life and career
Stewart was born on 10 June 1946. He was educated at Strathclyde University and ordained a Church of Scotland Minister in 1976. That same year, he became a naval chaplain. His service included:
- HMS Sea Hawk, RNAS Culdrose, 1976–1978
- Clyde Submarine Base, 1978–1980.
- Staff of Flag Officer 3rd Flotilla, 1980.
- HMS Hermes, Falklands War, 1981–1982
- HMS Neptune, 1982–1985.
- HMS Drake, 1985–1987.
- HMS Raleigh, 1987–1990
- BRNC, Dartmouth, 1990–1993.
- Assistant Director, Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service, 1992–1994.
- HMS Invincible, Bosnia, 1994–1996.
- Director-general Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service, 1996–2000.
- Chaplain of the Fleet, 1998–2000[1]
- QHC 1996–2000.
- Chaplain, Royal Hospital School, 2000–10[2]
He was awarded the South Atlantic Medal in 1982; and the NATO Medal in 1995.
Stewart died on 8 November 2025, at the age of 79.[3]
References
- ↑ Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin, KG The Times (London, England), Wednesday, April 14, 1999; pg. 20; Issue 66487 (Stewart officiates at his memorial service as Chaplain of the Fleet)
- ↑ ‘STEWART, Rev. Dr Charles Edward’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 26 May 2017
- ↑ "Rev Dr Charles Edward Stewart". The Telegraph. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
Categories:
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- 2025 deaths
- Chaplains of the Fleet
- Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
- Honorary chaplains to the King
- 20th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland
- 20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
- 21st-century ministers of the Church of Scotland
- 21st-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
- British Anglican clergy stubs