John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe FRS (20 April 1801 – 22 October 1855), was a British

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politician. He served briefly as

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between December 1834 and January 1835.

Background

A member of the Stuart family headed by the

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, Wharncliffe was the son of

James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, PC (6 October 1776 – 19 December 1845) was a British soldier and politician. A grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, he held office under Sir Robe ...

, and his wife Lady Caroline Elizabeth Mary Crichton, daughter of John Crichton, 1st Earl Erne. He was the elder brother of Charles Stuart-Wortley and James Stuart-Wortley.

Political career

Wharncliffe sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1823 to 1830, for Perth Burghs from 1830 to 1831 and for the

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from 1841 to 1845. He served under the

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in 1830 and under

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from 1834 to 1835. In 1845 succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat in the

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. Lord Wharncliffe was elected a Fellow of the

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on 4 June 1829.

Family

Lord Wharncliffe married Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of

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, in 1825. They had five children: *Hon. Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (17 October 1826 – 2 April 1896), married

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on 27 August 1847, without issue. * Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827–1899). *Hon. Francis Dudley Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (23 July 1829 – 21 October 1893), married Maria Elizabeth Martin on 28 August 1855 and had issue, including the 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe, who himself was the father of the 3rd Earl. *Hon. James Stuart-Wortley (1833–1870). *Hon. Cecily Susan Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1835 – 2 May 1915), married Henry Montagu-Scott, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu on 4 August 1865 and had issue. Lord Wharncliffe died on 22 October 1855, aged 54, at Wortley Hall, Wortley, EATH OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE. ''The Morning Post'' (London, England), Tuesday, 23 October 1855; pg. 5; Issue 25523./ref> and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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, who was created Earl of Wharncliffe in 1876. Lady Wharncliffe survived her husband by almost 30 years and died in August 1884.

Ancestry

Works

* '' Abolition of the Vice-Royalty of Ireland'' (1850)

References

External links

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