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Lord Evelyn James Stuart (7 May 1773 – 16 August 1842) was a British soldier and

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politician. Stuart was the second 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 ...

, son of Prime Minister

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (; 25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British Tory statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under George III. He became the ...

. His mother was the Honourable Charlotte Jane, daughter of

Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1 May 1707 – 25 January 1758), styled The Honourable Herbert Windsor until 1738, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1738 when he succeeded to the p ...

. Stuart was elected to the

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in February 1794, succeeding his deceased elder brother Lord Mount Stuart as the member for Cardiff Boroughs, but was not allowed to take his seat in Parliament until his twenty-first birthday in June that year. He continued to represent the constituency until 1802, when he was replaced by his younger brother Lord William Stuart. On the latter's death, Stuart was elected to resume his representation on 7 November 1814, holding the seat until 23 June 1818. He was then replaced by another member of the family, his nephew

Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (25 August 1794 – 7 September 1859), known as the Hon. Patrick Stuart until 1817, was a British politician. Born Patrick Stuart, he was the second son of John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, eldest son ...

. Apart from his political career he served in the

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. He was commissioned into the

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, but transferred to an Independent Company as a

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in 1791. He later purchased a

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in the

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, and in 1797 purchased a

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ity in the 66th Foot and later the same year the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 21st Foot. In 1802 he transferred to the

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and in 1805 he was promoted Brevet

.http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48212 History of the Cardiff constituency as British History Online Stuart never married. He died in August 1842 at

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, aged 69, and was buried at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Evelyn, Lord 1773 births 1842 deaths Evelyn Place of birth missing Younger sons of marquesses Cheshire Regiment officers Grenadier Guards officers Royal Berkshire Regiment officers Royal Fusiliers officers Royal Scots Fusiliers officers Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies Tory MPs (pre-1834) British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cardiff constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1812–1818 Burials at West Norwood Cemetery