Background
STUART, James was born in 1843 in Scotland. Son of Joseph Gordon Stuart, Balgonie Works, Markinch, Fifeshire, and Catharine, daughter of David Booth, Newburgh.
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James STUART
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Education
Privately; Saint Andrews and Cambridge Universities. 3rd Wrangler, 1866; Master of Arts. Doctor of Laws.
Career
Professor of Mechanism, Cambridge, 1875-1889. Contested University of Cambridge, 1882. Member of Parliament for Hackney, 18S4.
Founded the system of University Extension and the Mechanical Workshops in Cambridge.
Member of Parliament (Liberal) Hoxton (Shoreditch), 1885- 1900. Lord Rector of Saint Andrews University, 1898-1901.
Member of Parliament (Liberal) Sunderland 1906- 1910. Professional Corporation, 1909 Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, since 1867.
Associate member of Institution of Civil Engineers. A Director of J. and J. Colman, Limited., Norwich, since 1898.
Politics
Liberal.
Membership
Clubs: Reform, National Liberal.
Connections
Spouse 1890, Laura Elizabeth, daughter of late J. J. Colman of Carrow House, Norwich.
