UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

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

                        For the month of September, 2007

                        Commission File Number: 001-16245

                            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: ____


      Indicate by check mark if the  registrant  is  submitting  the Form 6-K in
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.

Form 6-K:         Table of Contents

1.    Exhibit - Press release dated September 17, 2007


                                    EXHIBITS

      See press release  attached hereto dated September 17, 2007 announcing the
appointment  of Mark Phelps as  President  of W.P.  Stewart & Co.,  Ltd. and the
addition of new executives to the firm.


                                   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: September 18, 2007                    By:  /s/  Susan G. Leber
                                            ----------------------------------
                                              Name:    Susan G. Leber
                                              Title:   Managing Director -
                                                       Chief Financial Officer