Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart-Wortley (26 April 1832 – 30 April 1890), was a British

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politician.

Background

Stuart-Wortley was the son of the Hon.

Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Charles James Stuart-Wortley (3 June 1802 – 22 May 1844) was a British politician, the second son of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe. He was an observer at the French siege of Antwerp in 1832, and wrote an account of the ...

, second son of

James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (6 October 1776 – 19 December 1845) was a British soldier and politician. A grandson of Prime ...

. His mother was Lady Emmeline, daughter of

John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland KG (4 January 177820 January 1857), styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British landowner as well as an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. ...

Victoria, Lady Welby Victoria, Lady Welby (27 April 1837 – 29 March 1912), more correctly Lady Welby-Gregory, was a self-educated British philosopher of language, musician and watercolourist. Life Welby was born to the Hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie and ...

, was his sister.

Political career

Stuart-Wortley sat as

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for

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alongside

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between 1857 and 1859.

Personal life

He married Lavinia Rebecca Gibbins (d. 1937) on 15 June 1879. Stuart-Wortley died in April 1890, aged 58.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart-Wortley, Archibald 1832 births 1890 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859

Archibald Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop of ...

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton