James Crichton-Stuart

James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart was a British soldier and Liberal politician.
Crichton-Stuart was the son of Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart and a great-great-grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, [3rd Earl of Bute]. His mother was Hannah, daughter of William Tighe, MP. He served with the Grenadier Guards and achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1859 he was returned to Parliament for Cardiff, a seat previously held by his father, and represented this constituency in the British [House of Commons|House of Commons] until 1880. Between 1859 and 1891 he also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire.
Crichton-Stuart married Gertrude Frances, daughter of Sir George Hamilton Seymour, in 1864. They had several children. Crichton-Stuart died in October 1891, aged 67. His wife survived him by eighteen years and died in December 1909.