Morton Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray
Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray was a Scottish peer.
Early life
Stuart was born on 16 April 1855. He was the son of the Rev. Edmund Luttrell Stuart and Elizabeth Stuart. Among his siblings were elder brothers, Edmund Archibald Stuart, and Francis James Stuart.His paternal grandparents were Hon. Archibald Stuart and Cornelia Pleydell. His maternal grandfather was the Rev. J. L. Jackson.
He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge with a Master of Arts.
Career
Upon the death of his elder brother Francis Stuart, 16th Earl of Moray on 20 November 1909, he succeeded as the 17th Earl of Moray and inherited Doune Castle, which had been held by the family since 1570.Personal life
On 17 December 1890, Stuart married Edith Douglas Palmer, daughter of the former Ellen Douglas and Royal Navy Rear-Admiral George Palmer. Together, they were the parents of:- Francis Douglas Stuart, 18th Earl of Moray, who married Barbara Murray, daughter of John Archibald Murray, in 1924.
- Archibald John Morton Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray, who married Mabel Helen Maud Wilson, daughter of Benjamin Wilson, in 1922. They were the parents of Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray.
- James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, who married Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, in 1923.
- Lady Hermione Moray Stuart, who married Adm. Sir Henry Tritton Buller, son of Adm. Sir Alexander Buller and Emily Mary Tritton, in 1919.