Sir William Stuart was a British Tory politician.

Stuart was the son of the Most Reverend William Stuart

William Stuart (archbishop)

The Most Reverend William Stuart PC, D.D. was an Anglican clergyman who served as Bishop of St David's in Wales from 1794 and 1800 and then Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland from 1800 to his death.-Family life:...

, Archbishop of Armagh

Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)

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, fourth son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute KG, PC , styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723, was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under George III, and was arguably the last important favourite in British politics...

. His mother was Sophia Margaret Juliana, daughter of Thomas Penn, of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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. Stuart was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Armagh City

Armagh City (UK Parliament constituency)

Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland.-Boundaries:This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh...

 from 1820 to 1826, and returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Bedfordshire was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which elected two Members of Parliament from 1295 until 1885, when it was divided into two constituencies under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.-History:...

 in 1830, a seat he held until 1831 and again from 1832 to 1835. Stuart was also a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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. He resided at Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, and Aldenham Abbey, Hertfordshire.

Stuart married firstly Henrietta Mariah Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet. They had several children, including William Stuart

William Stuart (1825-1893)

William Stuart , was a British Conservative politician.A member of the Stuart family headed by the Marquess of Bute, he was the son of Sir William Stuart and his wife Henrietta Mariah Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Pole. He was returned to Parliament for Bedford in 1854, a seat he held...

. After her death in 1853 he married secondly Georgiana, daughter of General Frederick Nathaniel Walker, in 1854. They had no children. Stuart died in July 1874, aged 75. His second wife later remarried and died in September 1903.