James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician)
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, PC, QC (3 July 1805 – 22 August 1881)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
The youngest son of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
He became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1831, rising to be a Queen's Counsel in 1841. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
He was elected at the 1835 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax,[1] but was defeated at the 1837 general election.[2] He returned to the House of Commons in 1842, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election as MP for Bute, and held that seat until 1859.[3] At the 1859 general election he stood in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but did not win a seat.[2]
In 1846, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor. He held office as Solicitor General for England and Wales under Lord Palmerston from November 1856 until May 1857.
Family
On 6 May 1846 he married Jane Lawley (ca. 1821 - 1900), daughter of Lord Wenlock. She died at Ripley, Surrey, on 4 February 1900, aged 79.[4] They had two sons and five daughters:[5]
- Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (10 May 1848 – 18 April 1941), married in London on 30 December 1880 Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace
- Archibald John Stuart-Wortley (27 May 1849 – 11 October 1905), married in 1883 Eleanor Edith Bromley (d. 1939)
- Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley (15 September 1851 – 24 April 1926)
- Margaret Jane Stuart-Wortley (d. 6 October 1937), married on 8 May 1877 Sir Reginald Talbot, son of Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Blanche Georgina Stuart-Wortley (d. 7 July 1931), married on 26 February 1895 Frederick Firebrace (d. 1917)
- Caroline Susan Theodora Stuart-Wortley (d. 7 August 1940), married on 25 June 1881 Norman Grosvenor, son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
- Katharine Sarah Stuart-Wortley (d. 27 March 1943), married on 1 October 1883 Gen. Sir Neville Lyttelton, son of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
References
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Stuart-Wortley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Halifax 1835 – 1837 With: Sir Charles Wood |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Wood Edward Davis Protheroe |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Bute 1842 – 1859 |
Succeeded by David Mure |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by | Solicitor General for England and Wales 1856–1857 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Singer Keating |
- 1805 births
- 1881 deaths
- British barristers
- Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- UK MPs 1835–37
- UK MPs 1841–47
- UK MPs 1847–52
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1857–59
- Younger sons of barons
- Queen's Counsel 1801–1900
- Solicitors General for England and Wales
- Stuart of Bute family
- Members of the Inner Temple
