Baron Stuart de Decies, of

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within the Decies in the

County of Waterford County Waterford () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the local authority for the county. The population o ...

, was a title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

. It was created on 10 May 1839 for

Henry Villiers-Stuart Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart (13 September 1827 – 12 October 1895), was a British soldier, clergyman, politician, Egyptologist, and author. Parentage He was the son of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st and last Baron Stuart de Decies, son of Lor ...

, Member of Parliament for

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and

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and Lord-Lieutenant of County Waterford. He was the eldest son of Lord Henry Crichton-Stuart, third son of

John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute Privy Council of Great Britain, PC, Royal Society, FRS (30 June 1744 – 16 November 1814), styled Lord Mount Stuart until 1792 and known as the Earl of Bute between 1792 and 1794, was a British nobleman, coa ...

(see the

Marquess of Bute Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute. Family history John Stuart was the member of a family that ...

for earlier history of the Stuart family). His mother was Lady Gertrude Emilia, daughter of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison (see the

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for earlier history of this family). There was uncertainty over the validity of his marriage and his son

was not allowed to succeed in the title, which became extinct on his death in 1874. Two other members of this branch of the Stuart family may also be mentioned.

William Villiers-Stuart Captain William Villiers-Stuart (21 August 1804 – 7 November 1873), was a British soldier and Member of Parliament. Biography Born William Stuart, he was the second son of Lord Henry Stuart, third son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute of C ...

(1804–1873), second son of Lord Henry Crichton-Stuart and younger brother of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Waterford. His grandson William Desmond Villiers-Stuart (1872–1961) was a Brigadier-General in the

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and fought in the

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Barons Stuart de Decies (1839)

Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies PC (8 June 1803 – 23 January 1874), was a British politician. Background and education Born Henry Crichton-Stuart, in London, he was the eldest son of Lord Henry Crichton-Stuart, third son o ...

(1803–1874)

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