Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart, was a British soldier, politician, clergyman and author
Background
He was the son of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st and last Baron Stuart de Decies, son of Lord Henry Stuart and his wife, Lady Gertrude Amelia, daughter of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison. His paternal great-grandfather was John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was Theresia Pauline (née Ott), an Austrian Roman Catholic from Vienna.
Career
Henry Villiers-Stuart had a younger sister, Pauline, later Lady Wheeler Cuffe (died 5 July 1895). She died on 7 August 1867 at Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany and was interred at Villierstown, County Waterford, Ireland. Villiers-Stuart was educated at University College, Durham and served in the Austrian Imperial Army from 1844-1846 and in the British Army from 1846-1847.
His father died the following year and he then resigned his seat so that he could pursue his claim to the barony of Stuart de Decies.
He was again elected to the House of Commons for County Waterford in 1880, a seat he held until 1885. After the British intervention in Egypt in 1882 he was sent by the British government to report on the conditions of the people in that country, and produced several books on the topic, including Egypt after the War, which received the special recognition of Lord Dufferin, and his reports were published as a parliamentary blue-book
Villiers-Stuart was appointed High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1889.
Membership
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament.