John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 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 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

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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 Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (15 December 1827 – 13 May 1899), was a British peer and railway executive. Early life A member of the Stuart family headed by the Marquess of Bute, W ...

(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

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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

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, who was created

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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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