Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson (1872-1914) was a Scottish military officer elected to The Lambs as a non-resident member in 1906. He would become the first of four Lambs to die in World War I.
He was born in Edinburgh on July 24, 1872, the oldest son of Sir James Stewart-Richardson. His father was the 13th Baronet, Pencaitland, Pitfour Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Pitfour Castle is an 18th-century country house situated on the southeast edge of the village of St Madoes in the Carse of Gowrie. He became the 15th Baronet.
Sir Stewart-Richardson was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire; Rugby College, Warwickshire; and Trinity College in Edinburgh. In September 1890, he joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders. He was promoted to lieutenant in March 1892, and captain in February 1900. From 1899 to 1902 he was the ATC to the governor of Queensland, Australia. In the South African War (The Confederation Wars), he served with the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch, and with the Queensland Mounted Infantry, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State (today South Africa Lesotho). Captain Stewart-Richardson was awarded the Queen’s Medal with five clasps.
Upon volunteering for service in the Great War, Sir Stewart-Richardson was attached to the 1st Battalion of his old regiment. He went with his Regiment to Flanders in late 1914. He died in a London hospital on November 28, 1914, of wounds received at the First Battle of Ypres. He was 42 years old.
Sir Stewart-Richardson left a young family behind. His wife was Lady Constance McKenzie, younger daughter of the Second Earl of Cromartie. He left two sons, Ian Rory Hay, who succeeded him in the title at 10 years of age, and Torquil Cathel Hugh, 6 years old at the time of his father’s death.
His remains were brought home to Scotland and interred in a vault underneath St Madoes Church in Glencarse.
In 1919, The Lambs placed his name on a memorial sculpture in the clubhouse designed by Lamb Robert Ingersoll Aitken. The sculpture was taken from the club.
Researched and written by Shepherd Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, 2023.