Alexander Stewart was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, and emigrated to America, where he opened a drapery shop in New York. During the Great Famine he sent a shipload of food over to his fellow-countrymen, and in 1863 sent a further shipload to Lisburn during the cotton srike. He left a fortune of £15,000,000 when he died in New York.

Born:	1803
Died:	1875