James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, PC, QC (3 July 1805 – 22 August 1881) was a British

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politician and the husband of the philanthropist

Jane Stuart-Wortley Jane Stuart-Wortley or Jane Thompson; Jane Lawley (5 December 1820 – 4 February 1900) was an English philanthropist. Life Stuart-Wortley was born in York in 1820 when her surname was Thompson. Her family adopted the surname Lawley when her fat ...

Life

He was born in 1805, the youngest son of

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. He was educated at

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and he became a barrister at the

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in 1831, rising to be a

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in 1841. He was a fellow of

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. He was elected at the 1835 general election as

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(MP) for Halifax, but was defeated at the 1837 general election. He returned to the

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in 1842, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election as MP for Bute, and held that seat until 1859. At the 1859 general election he stood in the

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, but did not win a seat. In 1846, he was sworn a

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. He held office as

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from 1850 to 1856 and then as

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under

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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

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to live at East Sheen Lodge (which was renamed Wortley Lodge) near

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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.

Family

On 6 May 1846 he married Jane Lawley (1820–1900), daughter of Lord Wenlock.Jane Stuart Wortley
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Retrieved 31 January 2016 She died at

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, on 4 February 1900, aged 79. They had four sons and five daughters: *Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (10 May 1848 – 18 April 1941), married in London on 30 December 1880

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* Archibald John Stuart-Wortley (27 May 1849 – 11 October 1905), married in 1883 Eleanor Edith Bromley (d. 1939) * Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley (15 September 1851 – 24 April 1926) *William Talbot Stuart-Wortley (27 Jan 1853 - 1863) *Margaret Jane Stuart-Wortley (21 Mar 1855 - 6 October 1937), married on 8 May 1877 Sir

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, son of

Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 18th Earl of Waterford, 3rd Earl Talbot, CB, PC (8 November 1803 – 4 June 1868), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a ...

*Blanche Georgina Stuart-Wortley (18 Dec 1856 - 7 July 1931), married on 26 February 1895 Frederick Firebrace (d. 1917) *

Caroline Susan Theodora Stuart-Wortley Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor CBE (née Stuart-Wortley; 15 June 1858 – 7 August 1940) was a British novelist, administrator and artist. She founded the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women and led the Women's Farm and Gard ...

(15 Jun 1858 - 7 August 1940), married on 25 June 1881

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, son of

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury PC (24 April 1801 – 18 November 1893), styled Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857, was a British courtier and Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household between 1830 and 1834 and as Treas ...

*James Stuart-Wortley (27 Aug 1859 - 29 Apr 1863) *Katharine Sarah Stuart-Wortley (18 Sep 1860 - 27 March 1943), married on 1 October 1883 Gen. Sir

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, son of

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References

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)

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