William Stuart (1798–1874)
Sir William Stuart, was a British Tory politician.
Biography
Stuart was the son of the Most Reverend William Stuart, Archbishop of Armagh, fourth son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was Sophia Margaret Juliana, daughter of Thomas Penn, of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
Stuart was Member of Parliament for Armagh City from 1820 to 1826, and returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Bedfordshire in 1830, a seat he held until 1831 and again from 1832 to 1835. Stuart was also a Deputy Lieutenant. He resided at Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, and Aldenham Abbey, Hertfordshire.
Stuart was a Freemason and the Grand Master of the Masonic Knights Templar from 1861 to 1872.
Family
Stuart married firstly Henrietta Mariah Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Pole. They had four children:- William
- Mary Pole Stuart, who married as is his first wife, Jonathan Rashleigh. They had two sons and three daughters.
- Louisa Pole Stuart, who married, as his first wife, Rev. Oliver Matthew Ridley, grandson of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet. They had three sons, and two daughters.
- Charles Pole Stuart, who married Anne Smyth, a second great granddaughter of the Ven. James Smyth, Archdeacon of Meath, and maternal granddaughter of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Nathaniel Alexander. They had three sons, and two daughters.