Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart, Military Cross, styled Viscount Stuart from 1915 to 1921, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Unionist politician.
Background
Stuart was the third son of Andrew John Stuart, 6th Earl Castle Stewart, an Ulster Scots nobleman, and his wife, Emma Georgiana Diana, the youngest daughter of Major-General Arthur Stevens (1821-1895) of the Madras Native Infantry and his second wife (of five), Georgiana Eliza Dickson, a descendant of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
Education
He was educated at Charterhouse, Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Paris.
Career
The Stuart family descends in the male line from King Robert II of Scotland. His two elder brothers were both killed in the First World War and in 1921, he succeeded his father as seventh Earl Castle Stewart. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Harborough in 1929 as a Conservative and Unionist, a seat he held until 1933.
Lord Castle Stewart married Eleanor May, daughter of Solomon Guggenheim, in 1920. They had four sons, of whom the two eldest were killed in the Second World War.
Eleanor, Dowager Countess Castle Stewart died in 1992.
Membership
35th United Kingdom Parliament. 36th United Kingdom Parliament]
After her death, Old Lodge was sold to His (or Her) Highness Torki M Bin Saud First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kabeer, a member of the royal house of Saudi Arabia.