George H. Steuart

George H Steuart (November 3, 1907 – September 19, 1998) was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer, and one of the last consuls of the United States of America in Liverpool, England. He was a major benefactor of the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library in Lancaster, Virginia, donating by deed of gift the Steuart Blakemore Building, formerly known as the Old Post Office. Biography Early life and family 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. They were married for 53 years, and had four daughters: Catherine Steuart (b. 1941), Elizabeth Steuart, Ann Steuart and Darnall Steuart, who served as an economic counselor with the United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.