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Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845

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Personal name headingWharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845
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Variant(s)Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Baron, 1776-1845
Mackenzie, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Stuart, James Archibald, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Stuart-Wortley, James Archibald, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, James Archibald, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Wharncliffe, Lord, 1776-1845
Wortley, James Archibald Stuart, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Wortley-Mackenzie, James Archibald Stuart-, Baron Wharncliffe, 1776-1845
Wortley, Mr., 1776-1845
Birth date17761006
Death date18451219
Field of activityPolitics, Practical
Profession or occupationStatesmen
Found inReflexions upon the debate upon Mr. Wortley's last motion upon the influence of the household, 1812 t.p. (Mr. Wortley)
BM (Wortley afterwards Wortley Mackenzie (James Archibald Stuart), Baron Wharncliffe)
LC in RLIN, Sept. 16, 1996: (hdg.: Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron, 1776-1845; usage: Lord Wharncliffe)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, viewed online May 26, 2015 (Wortley, James Archibald Stuart- [formerly James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], first Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845), politician, was born on 6 October 1776. In 1802 Stuart-Wortley succeeded his father in the House of Commons as MP for the family borough of Bossiney In 1818 Stuart-Wortley was returned unopposed for Yorkshire. On 12 July 1826, having been defeated in his Yorkshire constituency, Stuart-Wortley was created Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley. In January 1835 he acted as one of the committee to arrange the Church Reform Bill. In April 1835 he retired with his colleagues, and remained in opposition during the next six years. During these years Wharncliffe found time to edit the letters and works of his ancestor, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. On 19 December 1845 he died unexpectedly, of 'gout and apoplexy')
BN (Wharncliffe (James Archibald Stuart Mackenzie, 1st Bon.))
British biog. index, 1990: v. 4, p. 1947 (x-ref. from Wharncliffe, baron, to Stuart, James Archibald, 1st baron Wharncliffe) p. 1773 (Stuart, James Archibald, 1st baron Wharncliffe (aft. Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1776-1845); statesman)