William Stuart (politician, 1825)

William Stuart (March 7, 1825 - December 21, 1893 ) was a British politician who was elected three times as a member of the House of Commons .

William Stuart was the eldest son of William Stuart and his first wife Henrietta Pole . Stuart studied and became a barrister . After the death of his uncle Henry Stuart , he was elected in a by-election in 1854 as a candidate for the Conservative Party for Bedfordshire for the House of Commons. He was not elected MP in the 1857 general election, but was re-elected to Bedfordshire in the 1859 and 1865 general election before retiring from the House of Commons in 1868. In addition, Stuart was Justice of the Peace , Deputy Lieutenant and Colonel in the Bedfordshire Militia . In 1875 he served as the county's high sheriff .

During his lifetime, Stuart's father had given him the Tempsford Hall estate . After his father's death in 1874, he also inherited Aldenham Abbey and most of the rest of his father's property. On September 13, 1859, he had married Katherine Nicholson , a daughter of John Armytage Nicholson and Elisabeth Alexander . With her he had at least two children:

William Dugald Stuart (1860-1922)
Henry Esmé Stuart (1865-1905)

Web links

William Stuart on thepeerage.com , accessed November 19, 2017.
Mr William Stuart at Hansard (English)

Individual evidence

^ History of Parliament Online: STUART, William (1798-1874), of Tempsford, no. Sandy, Beds .; Aldenham Abbey, no. Watford, Herts and Hill Street, Mdx. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Stuart, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1825
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1893

[1] History of Parliament Online: STUART, William (1798-1874), of Tempsford, no. Sandy, Beds .; Aldenham Abbey, no. Watford, Herts and Hill Street, Mdx. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .