James Stuart (12 July 1774 – 6 April 1833) was a British politician. Stuart was one of four illegitimate children of William Stuart, 9th Baron Blantyre and Harriet Teasdale. He joined the

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

in 1791 as a

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...

(junior clerk) in Bengal, and rose to become a director of the East India Company from 1826 until his death. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver C ...

from 1822 to 1831.

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1774 births 1833 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 Directors of the British East India Company {{England-UK-MP-stub