John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
FRS (20 April 1801 – 22 October 1855), was a British
Tory
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politician. He served briefly as
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Und ...
between December 1834 and January 1835.
Background
A member of the Stuart family headed by the
Marquess of Bute
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Family history
John Stuart ...
, 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 Rober ...
, and his wife Lady
Caroline Elizabeth Mary Crichton, daughter of
John Crichton, 1st Earl Erne. He was the elder brother of
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 ...
and
James Stuart-Wortley.
Political career
Wharncliffe sat as Member of Parliament for
Bossiney from 1823 to 1830, for
Perth Burghs from 1830 to 1831 and for the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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from 1841 to 1845. He served under the
Duke of Wellington
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as
Secretary to the Board of Control {{unreferenced, date=November 2010
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in 1830 and under
Sir Robert Peel
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as
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Und ...
from 1834 to 1835. In 1845 succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat in the
House of Lords
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.
Lord Wharncliffe was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society
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on 4 June 1829.
Family
Lord Wharncliffe married Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA (22 December 176226 December 1847) was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party.
Background and education
Born in London, Ryder was the eldest son of Nathaniel Ryde ...
, in 1825. They had five children:
*Hon. Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (17 October 1826 – 2 April 1896), married
Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda
The Most Hon. Henry Francis Seymour Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda, KP, PC (I) (14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892), was an Irish peer, styled Viscount Moore until 1837.
He was the only son of Lord Henry Seymour Moore, a younger son of Fiel ...
on 27 August 1847, without issue.
*
(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.
*Hon.
James Stuart-Wortley (1833–1870).
*Hon. Cecily Susan Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1835 – 2 May 1915), married
Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Henry John Montagu-Scott, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu JP, DL (5 November 1832 – 4 November 1905), styled Lord Henry Scott until 1885, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background and education
Montagu was the second son of Walt ...
on 4 August 1865 and had issue.
Lord Wharncliffe died on 22 October 1855, aged 54, at
Wortley Hall
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, 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 ]Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, who was created Earl of Wharncliffe
Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The earldom was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendan ...
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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1801 births
1855 deaths
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John
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Fellows of the Royal Society
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