James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC* PC |
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Photograph of Stuart by Walter Stoneman, taken August 1943.
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| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 30 October 1951 – 9 January 1957 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Hector McNeil |
| Succeeded by | John Maclay |
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| Born |
9 February 1897 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 20 February 1971 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Rachel Cavendish |
Captain James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, CH, MVO, MC*, PC (9 February 1897 – 20 February 1971), styled The Honourable James Stuart between 1909 and 1957, was a Scottish Unionist politician. He was joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Winston Churchill's war-time coalition government and later served as Secretary of State for Scotland under Churchill and then Sir Anthony Eden from 1951 to 1957. The latter year he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn.
Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the third and youngest son of Morton Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer, daughter of Rear-Admiral George Palmer.
Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Scots (Special Reserve) and served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Captain. He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar in 1917.
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