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James Stuart (1713–1788)
James Stuart may refer to: Government and politics * James VI and I (1566–1625), James VI of Scotland and James I of England * James II of England (1633–1701), James VII of Scotland * James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick (1696–1738), Jacobite and Spanish nobleman * James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick (1718–1787), Jacobite * James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), "the Old Pretender", claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland * James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1663–1667), second son of the Duke of York and his first wife, Anne Hyde * James Stuart (1681–1743) (died 1743), British Army officer, courtier and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs 1734–41 * James Stuart (1774–1833), British businessman and politician, director of The East India Company, MP for Huntingdon 1824–31 * James Stuart (1775–1849), Scottish politician * James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician) (1805–1881), British Conservative Party poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James VI And I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until Death and funeral of James VI and I, his death in 1625. Although he long tried to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of England, England remained sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII of England, Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and thus a potential successor to all three thrones. He acceded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was forced to abdicate in his favour. Although his mother was a Catholic, James was brought up as a Protestant. Four regents gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stewart, 1st Earl Of Moray
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland. At times a supporter of his half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots, he was the regent of Scotland for his half-nephew, the infant King James VI, from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. He was the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm. Early life Moray was born in about 1531, an illegitimate child of King James V of Scotland and his mistress Lady Margaret Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine, and wife of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven. On 31 August 1536, he received a royal charter granting the lands of Tantallon Castle, Tantallon and others. James was appointed Prior of St Andrews, Fife, in 1538.Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904), p. 23. This position supplied his income. Clothes for "lord James of Sanctandrois" and his brothers were made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (rugby League)
James Stuart (born 24 September 1988), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played as a or on the . Playing career Stuart made his National Rugby League (NRL) debut for the Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ... in round 2 of the 2010 season against the Brisbane Broncos. Stuart played his junior football for the South Tuggeranong Knights. He had also represented Queensland City and Queensland Residents in 2009.http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=489&player=james-stuart &team=Raiders References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, James 1988 births Living people Australian rugby league players Burleigh Bears players Canberra Raiders players Queensland Residents rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (opera Director)
James F. Stuart (23 December 1928, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 7 March 2005) was an American opera director and operatic tenor. He began his career performing and touring with Dorothy Raedler’s American Savoyards. He became a specialist in the patter roles of Gilbert and Sullivan, including Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', Ko-Ko in ''The Mikado'', and Reginald Bunthorne in ''Patience'' among others. In 1979 he founded the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio, serving as the company's artistic director for two decades. During his tenure there he also often worked as producer, stage director, translator, and performer. He himself performed in fifty of the more than two hundred productions mounted by the company while he was director. He also sang on twenty of the company's live operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (linguist)
James Stuart (1868–1942) was a civil servant of the Colony of Natal and Zulu linguist; also a collector of Zulu oral tradition. He compiled five school readers containing Zulu poetry and narrative. Webb's notes were posthumously edited and published by Colin Webb (historian) Professor Colin de Berri Webb (193022 March 1992) was a South African historian, activist, and university administrator, who promoted the teaching of African history. He focused especially on Zulu history and the region of Natal. Early life ... and John Wright. Works * * * * * * Bibliography * * * References 1868 births 1942 deaths Linguists from the United Kingdom 20th-century South African linguists Linguists of Zulu Colony of Natal people {{UK-linguist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (cleric)
James Stuart or James Stewart (1701–1789) was a Scottish cleric. He was a minister in Killin and worked with poet Dugald Buchanan on the Scottish Gaelic New Testament published in 1767. His son, John Stuart (1743–1821) of Luss, continued to work on the Old Testament published in 1801.The Highland monthly: Volume 1 Duncan Campbell, Alexander Macbain - 1890 James Stuart of Killin. ote by Dr Donald Mason.The following fragment of MS., in the handwriting of Mr Stewart's son. Dr John Stewart of Luss, the translator into Scotch Gaelic of the larger portion of the Old Testament. His daughter married James McLagan, minister at Amulree Amulree (Scottish Gaelic: ''Àth Maol Ruibhe'', 'Ford of t.Maelrubha') is a small hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies in hilly country on the A822 road, east of Loch Freuchie in Strathbraan, west of Dunkeld and north of Crieff. .... References 1701 births 1789 deaths Translators of the Bible into Scottish Gaelic 18th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermanus Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots (19 July 1936 – 25 January 2016), also known by his ''nom de guerre'' James Stuart, was a South African politician, businessman, and former anti-apartheid activist. A member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) since 1961, he is best known as the chairperson of MK's Stuart Commission, a 1984 internal inquiry that uncovered and condemned abuses by security personnel in MK camps. Loots was a member of the ANC National Executive Committee from 1985 to 1990 and later was a member of the party's delegation to the negotiations to end apartheid. He served in the post-apartheid National Assembly from 1994 to 1999 before pursuing a private career in business, including as chairperson of the ANC's investment company, Chancellor House. Early life and education Loots was born on 19 July 1936 at Tamboekievlei (also known as Hertzog; later Mhlangeni) on the banks of the Kat River near Port Elizabeth in the former Cape Province. He was the second of seven children born t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ewell Brown Stuart
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833May 12, 1864) was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb,” from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, the yellow waist sash of a regular cavalry officer, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee's army and inspired Southern morale. Stuart graduated from West Point in 1854 and served in Texas and Kansas with the U.S. Army. Stuart was a veteran of the frontier conflicts with Native Americans and the violence of Bleeding Kansas, and he participated in the capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. He resigned his commission when his home state of Virginia seceded, to serve i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (British Army Officer, Died 1793)
Major-General James Stuart (died 2 February 1793) was a British Army officer who served in various conflicts in India during the 18th century. His service in the East India Company was marked by his conflict with Lord Pigot, the governor of Madras; Stuart's arrest of the latter in 1776 resulted in his suspension as commander-in-chief, and he was not vindicated until 1780. He later fought in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, but was suspended from command in 1782 by Lord Macartney, an action that provoked a duel between the two men. Stuart was a younger brother of the lawyer and politician Andrew Stuart. Early service Stuart was appointed captain in the 56th Regiment of Foot on 1 November 1755. He first saw active service at the siege of Louisbourg (present-day Nova Scotia) under Lord Amherst in 1758. On 9 May of the same year he was promoted to the rank of major, and in 1761 was present with Colonel Morgan's regiment at the reduction of Belle Île. During the course of the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart (British Army Officer, Born 1741)
General James Stuart (1741–1815) was a British Army officer who served in North America during the American Revolutionary War and took part in various campaigns in British India. He was the first General Officer Commanding, Ceylon and second Military Governor of British Ceylon. He was appointed on 1 March 1796 and was Governor until 1 January 1797. He was succeeded by Welbore Ellis Doyle. Early life Stuart was born on 2 March 1741. He was the third son of John Stuart of Blairhall in Perthshire. His mother was Anne, daughter of Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray. Stuart was educated at schools in Culross and Dunfermline, Scotland. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and then joined the British Army, serving in the American War of Independence.''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart, 2nd Earl Of Bute
James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (before 1696 – 28 January 1723) was the son of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute and Agnes Mackenzie. Family In February 1711, he married Lady Anne Campbell (daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Tollemache) and had eight children: *John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792) *James Stuart-Mackenzie James Stuart-Mackenzie (30 October 1718 – 8 April 1800) was a Scottish politician and joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. The second son of James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute, he served as Member of Parliament for various S ... (b. before 1723 – c. April 1800) *Hon. Archibald Stuart *Lady Mary Stuart (b. c1713, d. 30 December 1773) married 31 October 1729 to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem (b. c1706, d. 1786)Menzies, p. 401. *Lady Elizabeth Stuart *Lady Anne Stuart (b. before 1723 – 28 November 1786), married July 1736 James Johnstone (later Ruthven, 5th Lord Ruthven of Freeland) *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart, 1st Earl Of Bute
Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet, of Bute, created 1st Earl of Bute, MP, PC (1661 – 4 June 1710), was a Scottish soldier, advocate, judge and politician. He was the son of Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Ruthven, daughter of Sir John Ruthven. James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute, succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Stuart, of Bute, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, in 1672. As a colonel of the militia in 1681, he helped quiet Argyll after the rebellion of the Earl of Argyll. In 1684 he was appointed Sheriff of Tarbet. He was a practising advocate in 1685. He was three times elected as Shire Commissioner for Bute (1685–1686, 1689–1693 and 1702–1703), and was Sheriff of Argyll in 1686. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor for Scotland, and was one of the commissioners to negotiate the union of Scotland with England in 1702. He was created 1st Viscount Kingarth, Lord Mountstuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock, and 1st Earl of Bute on 14 April 1703. In 1707 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
