Steuart was born in Ottoman, Virginia, on November 3, 1907, the son of physician George H. Steuart, and Irene Blakemore. Steuart married Lois Sykes Decamps, of Anderson, South Carolina, daughter of Christie Jean Baptiste DeCamps and Lois Catherine Sykes, on May 28, 1938, in Wallacetown, Virginia.[1] They were married for 53 years, and had four daughters: Catherine Steuart (b. 1941), Elizabeth Steuart, Ann Steuart and Darnall Steuart,[1] who served as an economic counselor with the United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.[2]
After the War, he joined the Foreign Service and was assigned to London, Geneva and Liverpool, where he became consul.[3] The Liverpool consulate had been the first established by the then fledgling United States, opened in 1790 by the first consul, James Maury. At the time, Liverpool was an important center for transatlantic commerce with the former Thirteen Colonies.
The original consulate stood on the quayside of Steers Dock and the Pool of Liverpool. It was decorated with a huge bald eagle, a reassuring sign to American sailors and travelers arriving at the port. The building still stands, and has been recently restored by the City.
On 22 April 1964 Steuart was invited by the Liverpool Housing Committee to name the newly built public housing development known as John F. Kennedy Heights.[4] The buildings were eventually demolished in 1999.
The consulate in Liverpool was Steuart's final posting. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1965, and became a business consultant with James Somerville Associates, and manager of the Washington office of Commonwealth Associates, an architectural and engineering firm.[3]
