William Stuart (bishop)

William Stuart
The Most Reverend and Honourable; William Stuart; PC
	Archbishop of Armagh; Primate of all Ireland
Church	Church of Ireland
Province	Armagh
Diocese	Armagh
In office	1800-1822
Predecessor	William Newcome
Successor	Lord John Beresford
Orders
Ordination	1779
Consecration	12 January 1794; by John Moore
Personal details
Born	15 March 1755
Died	6 May 1822 (aged 67); London, England
Buried	Luton Hoo, England
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute & Mary Wortley-Montagu
Spouse	Sophia Penn
Children	Mary, William, Henry
Previous post	Bishop of St David's (1794-1800)
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

William Stuart PC (15 March 1755 - 6 May 1822) was an Anglican prelate who served as the Bishop of St David's in Wales from 1794 to 1800 and then Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland from 1800 until his death.

Archbishop William Stuart sculpted by Francis Chantrey.

Family life

Stuart was the son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Prime Minister of Great Britain 1762–1763) and Mary Wortley-Montagu.[1] There is a painting in the Tate Gallery in London of him aged 12 stealing eggs and chicks from a bird's nest.[2]

He was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge.

On 3 May 1796, William married Sophia Penn, daughter of Thomas Penn, and had three children:[1]

Mary Juliana Stuart (died 11 July 1866) married Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly.
Sir William Stuart (born 31 October 1798–died 7 July 1874) married firstly Henrietta Mariah Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet, and married secondly Georgiana, daughter of General Frederick Nathaniel Walker.
Henry Stuart (born 1804–died 26 October 1854, Kempston, Bedfordshire).[3]

Episcopal ministry

In 1793 he was appointed Canon of the fourth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1800.

He was consecrated Bishop of St David's on 12 January 1794.[4] Six years later, he was nominated Archbishop of Armagh on 30 October 1800 and appointed by letters patent on 22 November 1800.[5]

Death

He died in London[6] on 6 May 1822, aged 67, as a result of having accidentally taken an improper medicine.[5][7]

He was buried at his family's seat, Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire.[7]

Sculpture in the north aisle of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

In St Patrick's Anglican Cathedral in Armagh there is a full-length marble figure of the Archbishop in the attitude of prayer, sculpted by Sir Francis Chantrey.[8] Beneath it is the following Latin inscription:[7]

M. S. / Reverendissimi in Christo patris / GULIELMI STUART, S T P. / per annos xxii hujusce Ecclesiæ / Archiepiscopi. / Hoc monumentum / Clerici Armachani / pio functi munere / posuerunt. / Obiit anno salutis MDCCCXXII / Ætat. Suæ Ixviii.[7]

In sacred memory of the most reverend father in Christ, William Stuart STP, for 22 years archbishop of this church. The clergy of Armagh, making a pious offering, placed this monument. He died in the year of grace 1822, in the 68th year of his age.

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References

Most Rev. Hon. William Stuart. Peerage.com. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.
Source: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261–1900.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Fryde, ibid., p. 380.
In Hill Street, Berkeley Square, according to his obituary published in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1822, Vol 92, Part 1, p 469, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fRNEAQAAMAAJ (accessed 20 Sept 2017).
Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 28.
"Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. pp42-50: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 ISBN 978-1-905286-48-5

Church of England titles
Preceded by Samuel Horsley	Bishop of St David's 1794–1800	Succeeded by Lord George Murray
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by William Newcome	Archbishop of Armagh 1800–1822	Succeeded by Lord John Beresford

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[peeragecom23916-1] Most Rev. Hon. William Stuart. Peerage.com. Retrieved on 19 March 2010.

[3] Source: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261–1900.

[3rdhandbook-4] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[fryde380-5] Fryde, ibid., p. 380.

[6] In Hill Street, Berkeley Square, according to his obituary published in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1822, Vol 92, Part 1, p 469, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fRNEAQAAMAAJ (accessed 20 Sept 2017).

[fastihibvol3-7] Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 28.

[8] "Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. pp42-50: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 ISBN 978-1-905286-48-5

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High Medieval	Nathan Ieuan Arwystl Erbin Trahaearn Joseph Bleiddud Sulien Abraham Sulien Rhigyfarch Wilfrid Daniel Bernard David FitzGerald Peter de Leia Gerald of Wales Geoffrey de Henlaw Iorwerth Anselm le Gras Thomas Wallensis Richard Carew Thomas Bek
Late Medieval	David Martyn Henry de Gower John of Thoresby Reginald Brian Thomas Fastolf Adam Houghton Richard Mitford John Gilbert Guy Mone Henry Chichele John Catterick Stephen Patrington Benedict Nichols Thomas Rodburn William Lyndwood John Langton John De la Bere Robert Tully Richard Martyn Thomas Langton Hugh Pavy John Morgan
Early modern	Robert Sherborne Edward Vaughan Richard Rawlins William Barlow Robert Ferrar Henry Morgan Thomas Young Richard Davies Marmaduke Middleton Anthony Rudd Richard Milbourne William Laud Theophilus Feild Roger Maynwaring William Lucy William Thomas Laurence Womock John Lloyd Thomas Watson George Bull Philip Bisse Adam Ottley Richard Smalbroke Elias Sydall Nicholas Clagett Edward Willes Richard Trevor Anthony Ellys Samuel Squire Robert Lowth Charles Moss James Yorke John Warren Edward Smallwell Samuel Horsley William Stuart Lord George Murray Thomas Burgess John Jenkinson Connop Thirlwall Basil Jones John Owen
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