James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English

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.[4] He held office as Recorder of London from 1850 to 1856 and then as Solicitor-General for England 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 their London home in Carlton House Terrace to live at East Sheen Lodge (which was renamed Wortley Lodge) near Mortlake until he became worse, forcing them to move 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.[5]

Family

File:Portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart-Wortley.jpg
Arnold Genthe, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart-Wortley, portrait photograph, Library of Congress

On 6 May 1846 he married Jane Lawley (1820–1900), daughter of Lord Wenlock.[5] She died at Ripley, Surrey, on 4 February 1900, aged 79.[6] They had four sons and five daughters:Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  5. ↑ a b Jane Stuart Wortley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Retrieved 31 January 2016
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "template wrapper".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The photographs on this page are in The National Portrait Gallery and are listed as being JOHN Stuart-Wortley – 2nd Baron Wharncliffe (1801–1855)and his wife Georgina (née Ryder)

External links

Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Halifax
1835 – 1837
With: Sir Charles Wood Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Bute
1842 – 1859 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Solicitor-General for England
1856–1857 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=James_Stuart-Wortley_(Conservative_politician)&oldid=3744854"