Sturt, CHARLES, explorer, was born in Bengal Presidency, 28th April 1795, went as captain of his regiment to Australia, and between 1828 and 1845 headed three important expeditions (see AUSTRALIA, Vol. I. p. 592), from the last of which he returned blinded by hardship and exposure. He held several colonial appointments, and in 1851 received a pension. He wrote two narratives of his explorations (1833 and 1848), and died at Cheltenham, 16th June 1869. See Life by Mrs N. G. Sturt (1899).
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