James Stuart-Wortley (New Zealand politician)
James Frederick Stuart-Wortley JP (16 January 1833 – 27 November 1870) was a politician in New Zealand and the UK.
Biography
Stuart-Wortley was born in York, UK, in 1833 and was the third son of the 2nd Lord Wharncliffe and his wife, Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Ryder.[1] He was the younger brother of the 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827–1899).[2] Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie and James Stuart-Wortley were his uncles.[3] Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby was his maternal grandfather.
In 1850 he travelled to New Zealand as a colonist on the Charlotte Jane, one of the First Four Ships sent by the Canterbury Association.[4] In his first year, he lived with other bachelors in Lyttelton—Charles Bowen, Thomas Hanmer, and Charles Maunsell—in a place dubbed "Singleton House" by Charlotte Godley.[5]
He bought 500 acres (200 ha) of land at Tai Tapu near Halswell.[6] In October 1852, he purchased Run 53, located between Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora and the Selwyn River / Waikirikiri. He on-sold the land in June 1853 and it became part of the Harman and Davie's Station.[7] Stuart-Wortley then started Hawkeswood Station in partnership with others. This station was located north of the Waiau River.[7]
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1853–1855 | 1st | Christchurch Country | Independent | |
On 27 August 1853, he was elected to the 1st New Zealand Parliament as a representative of the Christchurch Country electorate,[8] which consisted of rural Canterbury and much of Westland. He was 20 years and 7 months when elected; so was not yet 21, the minimum age to qualify as an elector. The other qualifications in 1853 were to be male, a British subject, to own a certain value of land, and to not be serving a criminal sentence.
He resigned his seat on 18 July 1855[8] and returned to the United Kingdom.[9] His seat stayed vacant until the next election, which was held on 20 December 1855 in the Christchurch Country electorate.[10]
After the first session of Parliament finished in August 1854, Stuart-Wortley travelled with Frederick Weld from Auckland (where Parliament met in those years) to Tauranga, Maketu and Rotorua.[11]
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in early 1858.[12] He returned to England later in 1858.[6]
In the UK, he stood for election to the House of Commons at the 1865 general election, when he was an unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for Sheffield.[13]
Stuart-Wortley died in England in November 1870, aged 37.[14]
Notes
- ↑ "Hon. James Frederick Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie". The Peerage. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe". The Peerage. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "Theroff's Online Gotha, Bute". Retrieved 1 December 2006.
- ↑ "The Charlotte Jane". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ A. H. McLintock, ed. (27 October 2011) [originally published in 1966]. "BOWEN, Sir Charles Christopher, K.C.M.G.". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- 1 2 Sewell 1980, p. 168.
- 1 2 Acland 1946, p. 94.
- 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 141.
- ↑ Cyclopedia Company 1903, p. 91.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 97.
- ↑ "English cottage home to NZ premier's works". Waikato Times. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Notices of Motion". Daily Southern Cross. Volume XV (Issue 1112). 23 February 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Craig 1989, p. 273.
- ↑ "Special Telegrams". Star (Issue 807). 27 December 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
References
- Acland, L. G. D. (1946). The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- "Christchurch City And Suburban – Ex-Members of the House of Representatives". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand – Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Sewell, Henry (1980). W. David McIntyre, ed. The Journal of Henry Sewell 1853–7 : Volume I. Christchurch: Whitcoulls Publishers. ISBN 0 7233 0624 9.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Christchurch Country 1853–1855 Served alongside: Jerningham Wakefield |
Succeeded by Dingley Askham Brittin John Hall |