James James Grey Stuart

February 9, 1897 (age 74)

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

He was joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Winston Churchill"s war-time coalition government and later served as Secretary of State for Scotland under Churchill and then Sir Anthony Eden from 1951 to 1957. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn. Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Scots (Special Reserve) and served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Captain. He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar in 1917. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1935 to 1941 under successively Ramsay Macdonald, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1939. In 1941 Churchill promoted him to joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip), which he remained until 1945. He continued as Conservative Chief Whip until 1948. When the Conservatives returned to power under Churchill in 1951, Stuart was made Secretary of State for Scotland, with a seat in the cabinet. He continued in this post until 1957, the last two years under the premiership of Sir Anthony Eden. On 20 November 1959 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, of Findhorn in the County of Moray. He had earlier been noted as a suitor of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon while serving as an equerry to Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI). Lady Stuart of Findhorn died in October 1977.

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Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the third and youngest son of Morton Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer, daughter of Rear-Admiral George Palmer.

Career

He was joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Winston Churchill"s war-time coalition government and later served as Secretary of State for Scotland under Churchill and then Sir Anthony Eden from 1951 to 1957. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn. Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Scots (Special Reserve) and served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Captain.

He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar in 1917.

He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1935 to 1941 under successively Ramsay Macdonald, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1939. In 1941 Churchill promoted him to joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip), which he remained until 1945.

He continued as Conservative Chief Whip until 1948. When the Conservatives returned to power under Churchill in 1951, Stuart was made Secretary of State for Scotland, with a seat in the cabinet.

He continued in this post until 1957, the last two years under the premiership of Sir Anthony Eden.

On 20 November 1959 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, of Findhorn in the County of Moray. He had earlier been noted as a suitor of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon while serving as an equerry to Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI). Lady Stuart of Findhorn died in October 1977.

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In 1950 he became Chairman of the Scottish Unionist Party, a post he held until 1962.

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33rd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament. 35th United Kingdom Parliament.

36th United Kingdom Parliament.

37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament.

39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.

41st United Kingdom Parliament]

Stuart sat as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Moray and Nairn from 1923 to 1959.

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