The son of Admiral Keith Stewart; he was MP for Ross-shire in 1831 (1831-32) and for Ross and Cromarty (1832-37), Governor of Ceylon (1837-40) and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1840-43).

REFERENCES TO James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie:

Sydney Smith to John Archibald Murray, 29 September 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)