Ninian Crichton-Stuart

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Memorial to Ninian Crichton-Stuart in Cardiff

Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (born May 15, 1883 in Dumfries House , † October 2, 1915 in Auchy-les-Mines ) was a British politician and officer.

origin

He came from an old branch of the Stuarts , which descended from the Scottish King Robert II . He was born the second son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and his wife Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard , the eldest daughter of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop . His older brother John inherited his father's title after the death of his father in 1900.

Life

Crichton-Stuart attended Harrow School and Christ Church College , Oxford for a year , before joining the Regiment of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1903 after a six-month trip abroad . In 1904 he was promoted to lieutenant and moved to the Scots Guards . After his marriage in 1906 he left the army and began a political career. His first candidacy for the Liberal Unionist Party for a seat in the House of Commons failed in the elections in January 1910 , but in the elections in December 1910 he was elected as a member of the Tories for Cardiff , Cowbridge and Llantrisant . He was not particularly active in the House of Commons in London, but the devout Catholic was popular in Cardiff because of his background, interest in education and economic issues.

He was president of the Fife Agricultural Society and was a member of Fife County Council . He generously supported the football club Riverside Cricket Club Cardiff , which is why the club named its new stadium Ninian Park after him . In 1911 he became Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve and in 1912 Commander of the 6th Glamorgan Battalion of The Welsh Regiment of the Territorial Army . After the beginning of the First World War, he volunteered for deployment abroad and was transferred with his battalion to the Western Front in France at the end of October 1914 . On October 2, 1915, he fell in a night attack on the Hohenzollern Redoute during the Battle of Loos .

He was buried in Béthune in France. In Gorsedd Gardens in Cathays Park , Cardiff, a statue by William Goscombe John commemorates him.

Family and offspring

On June 16, 1906, he married Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston , the only daughter of Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston . He had the following children with her:

  1. Ninian Patrick (1907-1910)
  2. Ismay Catherine (1909-1989) ∞ (1) John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury ; ∞ (2) Donald Walter Munro Ross
  3. Claudia Miriam Joanna (1913–1985)
  4. Michael Duncan David (1915–1981) ∞ Barbara Symes, daughter of George Stewart Symes .

His widow married Archibald Maule Ramsay in 1917 , who later became one of the most famous British fascists.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pat Evans: Lt. Col. Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
  2. ↑ STATUES - HITHER & thither: Cardiff, Lt.-Col. Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Crichton-Stuart, Ninian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crichton-Stuart, Ninian Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons and officer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Dumfries House
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1915
Place of death at Auchy-les-Mines