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William Stuart (1798–1874) Sir William Stuart (31 October 1798 – 7 July 1874), was a British Tory politician. Stuart was the son of the Most Reverend William Stuart, Archbishop of Armagh, fourth son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was Sophia Margaret Juliana, daughter of Thomas Penn, of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.
William and Mary of Orange ascended the throne as joint monarchs and defenders of Protestantism, followed by Queen Anne, the second of James II's daughters. The prospect of end of the Stuart line, with the death of Queen Anne's only surviving child in 1700, led to the drawing up of the Act of Settlement in 1701, which provided that only Protestants could hold the throne.
William Stuart (1824–1896), British diplomat, Minister to Argentina, Greece, and The Netherlands. William Stuart (1825–1893), Conservative MP for Bedford (1854–57 and 1859–68); son of William Stuart (1798–1874) William Horwood Stuart (1857–1906), British diplomat and vice-consul; assassinated in Batum, Georgia.
William Patrick Stuart-Houston (born William Patrick Hitler; 12 March 1911 – 14 July 1987) was an English-born half-nephew of Adolf Hitler.Born and raised in the Toxteth area of Liverpool to Adolf's half-brother Alois Hitler Jr. and his Irish wife Bridget Dowling, he later relocated to Germany to work for his half-uncle before emigrating to the United States, where he received American citizenship (in addition to his British citizenship) and ended up serving in the United States Navy ...
May 20, 2024 · Alan John Barnard. House of Stuart, royal house of Scotland from 1371 and of England from 1603, when James VI inherited the English throne as James I. It was interrupted in 1649 by the establishment of the Commonwealth but was restored in 1660. It ended in 1714, when the British crown passed to the house of Hanover.
Dec 13, 2019 · William had royal blood connections (his mother was a Stuart) and he was married to James’s eldest daughter, Mary. William landed in Torbay in November 1688 (pictured below), James II fled, and in early 1689, William and Mary became the first diarchy [a form of government in which two individuals – diarchs – are joint heads of state] in British history.
William Stuart has 67 books on Goodreads with 71 ratings. William Stuart’s most popular book is The Invisible College: 9.11 to Armageddon.
