Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies
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Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies PC (8 June 1803 – 23 January 1874), was a British politician.
Born Henry Crichton-Stuart, in London, he was the eldest son of Lord Henry Crichton-Stuart, third son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute. His mother was Lady Gertrude Amilia, daughter and heiress of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1822 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Villiers-Stuart in lieu of Crichton-Stuart.[1]
Political career
Stuart sat as Member of Parliament for County Waterford from 1826 to 1830[2] and for Banbury from 1830 to 1831.[3] He was appointed the first ever Lord-Lieutenant of County Waterford in 1831, a post he held until his death, and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1837.[citation needed]
In 1839, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana within the Decies in the County of Waterford.[4]
