Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies
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Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies PC
Privy Council of Ireland
The Privy Council of Ireland was an institution of the Kingdom of Ireland until 31 December 1800 and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801-1922...

 (8 June 1803-23 January 1874), was a British Tory politician.

Background and education

Born Henry Chrichton-Stuart, in London
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, he was the eldest son of Lord Henry Chrichton-Stuart, third son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, PC, FRS was a British nobleman.He was the son of the 3rd Earl of Bute and the former Mary Wortley Montagu, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Sandwich...

. His mother was Lady Gertrude Emilia, daughter and heiress of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison
George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison
George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison PC , styled Viscount Villiers between 1767 and 1782, was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:...

. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
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 and Christ Church, Oxford
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. In 1822 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Villiers-Stuart in lieu of Chrichton-Stuart.

Political career

Stuart sat as Member of Parliament
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 for County Waterford from 1826 to 1830 and for Banbury
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 from 1830 to 1831. He was appointed the first ever Lord-Lieutenant of County Waterford
Lord Lieutenant of Waterford
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Waterford. The office was created on 23 August 1831.* Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies 17 October 1831 – 23 January 1874...

 in 1831, a post he held until his death, and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council
Privy Council of Ireland
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 in 1837. In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana within the Decies in the County of Waterford.

Family

Lord Stuart de Decies was alleged to have married in 1826 Theresia Pauline Ott, both in London
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 and under Scottish Law in Scotland. However, it was never established that Theresia was free to marry. As a result, their son Henry Villiers-Stuart
Henry Villiers-Stuart
Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart , was a British soldier, politician, clergyman and author.Villiers-Stuart was the son of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, son of Lord Henry Stuart and his wife Lady Gertrude Amelia, daughter of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison...

was considered illegitimate and was not allowed to succeeded in the barony on his father's death. Consequently, the peerage became extinct on Lord Stuart de Decies's death in January 1874, aged 70. Theresia had died in August 1867.
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