SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          For the month of March, 2006

                        Commission File Number: 011-16245

                            W.P. STEWART & CO., LTD.
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

                                  Trinity Hall
                                 43 Cedar Avenue
                                P.O. Box HM 2905
                                 Hamilton, HM LX
                                     Bermuda
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

      Indicate by check mark  whether the  registrant  files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

      Form 20-F |X|        Form 40-F |_|

      Indicate by check mark if the  registrant  is  submitting  the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)1:____

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paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)7:____

      Indicate  by  check  mark  whether  the   registrant  by  furnishing   the
information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission  pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934.

      Yes |_|              No |X|

      If  "Yes" is  marked,  indicate  below  the file  number  assigned  to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-______.



                            W.P. STEWART & CO., LTD.

See press release attached hereto dated March 13, 2006 regarding the appointment
of John C. Russell as interim President and Chief Executive Officer following
the resignation of Henry B. Smith for health reasons.



                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           W.P. STEWART & CO., LTD.


Date: March 15, 2006                       By: /s/ Susan G. Leber
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Name:  Susan G. Leber
                                              Title: Chief Financial Officer


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                                               knowledge. judgement. EXPERIENCE.

W.P. STEWART
     & Co., Ltd.                                                   PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Fred Ryan
telephone: 441.295.8585

13 March, 2005

    W.P. Stewart names John C. Russell interim President and Chief Executive
       Officer following resignation of Henry B. Smith for health reasons

      W. P. Stewart & Co.,  Ltd.  ("W.P.  Stewart" or the  "Company")  announced
today that John C. Russell, currently Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors,
has been appointed  President and Chief Executive Officer,  on an interim basis,
following Henry B. Smith's decision to resign,  as President and Chief Executive
Officer,  for health reasons. The appointment of Mr. Russell and the resignation
of Mr. Smith are to be effective 31 March 2006.

      Mr. Russell will  relinquish the position of Deputy Chairman but remain on
the  Company's  Board of Directors  as a Director and a member of the  Executive
Committee  of the Board.  Mr. Smith will remain on the Board of Directors in the
position  of Deputy  Chairman  and a member of the  Executive  Committee  of the
Board.

      William P. Stewart remains Chairman of the Board and continues to actively
manage significant client accounts for the Company. Mr. Stewart is also a member
of the Executive Committee of the Board.

      Mr.  Smith had major  surgery  early in 2005,  which was  successful,  but
resulted in post-operative  complications that make it difficult for him to meet
the demands  imposed by the  full-time  role of  President  and Chief  Executive
Officer.  Consequently,  Mr.  Smith  feels it is in his best  interests  and the
Company's  that he step back from the  day-to-day  management  activities  while
remaining in an important role on the Company's Board of Directors.

      The Board of  Directors  expressed  their  thanks  to Henry  Smith for his
leadership  and  contribution  during the past year in his capacity as President
and Chief Executive  Officer and wished him a speedy return to good health.  The
Board also has  established  a special  committee  to

Trinity Hall, 43 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
mailing address: P.O. Box HM 2905, Hamilton HM LX, Bermuda
telephone: 441.295.8585 fax: 441.296.6823



conduct a search for a new President and Chief  Executive  Officer with plans to
fill the position within the next few months.

      W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. is an asset management  company that has provided
research  intensive equity management  services to clients  throughout the world
since 1975. The Company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda and has additional
operations or affiliates in the United States, Europe and Asia.

      The Company's shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: WPL) and on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX: WPS).

         For more information, please visit the Company's website at
http://www.wpstewart.com, or call W.P. Stewart Investor Relations (Fred M. Ryan)
at 1-888-695-4092 (toll-free within the United States) or +441-295-8585 (outside
the United States) or e-mail to IRINFO@wpstewart.com.


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