James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician)
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, PC, QC (3 July 1805 – 22 August 1881)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician and the husband of the philanthropist Jane Stuart-Wortley.
Life
He was born in 1805, the youngest son of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and 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. He had to resign in 1858 due to spinal injuries sustained in a riding accident. He and his wife left London to live at Upper Sheen House near Mortlake until he became worse and they moved back to London in 1869. Back in London his wife was able to delegate the care of her husband at least in part to their daughters.[4]
Family
On 6 May 1846 he married Jane Lawley (1820 - 1900), daughter of Lord Wenlock.[4] She died at Ripley, Surrey, on 4 February 1900, aged 79.[5] They had two sons and five daughters:[6]
- 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
- 1 2 "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 141, 491, 576. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- 1 2 Jane Stuart Wortley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Retrieved 31 January 2016
- ↑ "Deaths". The Times (36058). London. 6 February 1900. p. 1.
- ↑ "Theroff's Online Gotha". Retrieved 2006-11-30.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Stuart-Wortley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rawdon Briggs Sir Charles Wood |
Member of Parliament for Halifax 1835 – 1837 With: Sir Charles Wood |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Wood Edward Davis Protheroe |
| Preceded by Sir William Rae, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Bute 1842 – 1859 |
Succeeded by David Mure |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Richard Bethell |
Solicitor General for England and Wales 1856–1857 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Singer Keating |