Men-at-the-Bar/Stuart, William

by Joseph Foster

Stuart, William, hon. col. 3rd batt. Bedfordshire regt, retired 1882, undergrad. St. John's Coll., Camb., from Eton, M.P. Bedford 1854-7, 1859-68, chairman of referees 1867-8, J.P., D.L. Beds, J.P. Herts 1848, J.P. Hunts, deputy chairman quarter sessions Beds 1865-79, chairman since April, 1879, a student of the Inner Temple 5 April, 1848 (then aged 23), called to the bar 2 May, 1851 (eldest son of William Stuart, Esq., of Aldenham Abbey, Herts); born 7 March, 1825; married 13 Sept., 1859, Katharine, eldest dau. of John Armytage Nicholson, Esq., J.P.; she died 16 Oct., 1881, leaving issue (see Foster's Peerage, M. Bute).

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