William Stuart (naval officer)
Lord William Stuart (born November 18, 1778 , † July 25, 1814 at sea in the Atlantic Ocean) was a British politician and naval officer.
origin
William Stuart was the sixth son of John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute and his first wife, the Hon. Charlotte Windsor, daughter of Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor . His father was promoted to Marquess of Bute in 1796 , whereupon William, the younger son of a Marquess, used the courtesy address of Lord . Two of his brothers also went to the Navy, namely Lieutenant Hon. Charles Stuart , who died in the sinking of the frigate HMS Leda in 1796 , and the future Rear Admiral Lord George Stuart .
Life
Stuart attended Eton College from 1789 to 1791 . In 1797 he joined the Royal Navy as a lieutenant and was promoted to commander in 1798 and to captain in 1799 . Among other things, he was in command of the frigate HMS Champion from 1801 to 1803 and in command of the frigate HMS Crescent from 1804 to 1806 , with which he operated in the Mediterranean. From 1806 to 1810 he was captain of the frigate HMS Lavinia , with which he led a frigate squadron in the attack on Vlissingen in 1809 during the unsuccessful Walcheren expedition .
At the instigation of his father, Stuart was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the House of Commons for Cardiff in 1802 to succeed his brother Evelyn Stuart . Because of his service in the Royal Navy, he was rarely able to attend the meetings. However, he was re-elected in 1806, 1807 and 1812. He died on a return voyage from Jamaica aboard the 74-gun ship HMS Conquestador , of which he had become captain in 1811.
family
Stuart had married Hon. Georgiana Maude († 1807), a daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden , in June 1806 . With her he had a daughter, Georgina Stuart, who died unmarried in 1833.
Literature and web links
- RG Thorne: STUART, Lord William (1778-1814), of Cardiff Castle, Glam. In: RG Thorne (Ed.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1790-1820. Secker & Warburg, London 1986, ISBN 0-4365-2101-6 ( online ).
- Lord William Stuart at the Hansard (English)
- Captain Lord William Stuart on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved September 26, 2014 .
- ^ The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany for July 1814 , Volume 76 (1814), p. 800.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stuart, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stuart, Lord William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, member of the House of Commons and naval officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1778 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1814 |
| Place of death | at sea in the Atlantic Ocean |