James Stuart Explained

James Stuart may refer to:

Government and politics

James VI and I (1566–1625), James VI of Scotland and James I of England
James II of England (1633–1701), James VII of Scotland
James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick (1696–1738), Jacobite and Spanish nobleman
James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick (1718–1787), Jacobite
James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), "the Old Pretender", claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland
James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1663–1667), second son of the Duke of York and his first wife, Anne Hyde
James Stuart (1681–1743) (died 1743), British Army officer, courtier and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs 1734–41
James Stuart (1774–1833), British businessman and politician, director of The East India Company, MP for Huntingdon 1824–31
James Stuart (1775–1849), Scottish politician
James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician) (1805–1881), British Conservative Party politician
James Stuart-Wortley (New Zealand politician) (1833–1870)
James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1747–1818), soldier and Member of Parliament (MP) 1768–96
James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776–1845)
James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1897–1971), Conservative Party politician and Secretary of State for Scotland
Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet (1780–1853), Lower Canada lawyer, politician, judge
Sir James Stuart of Binend (1716–1777), Scottish merchant and lord provost of Edinburgh

Several Earls of Moray, including:

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1501 creation) (died 1544), illegitimate son of James IV of Scotland and Janet Kennedy
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531–1570), member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V
James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 1638), son of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray
James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray (1611–1653), son of James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray and Lady Anne Gordon
James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray (1708–1767), son of Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray

and several Earls of Bute and their predecessors, including:

James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute (died 1710), Scottish soldier, judge, and politician
James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (died 1723), son of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute and Agnes Mackenzie

James Stuart (British Army officer, born 1741) (1741–1815), British general in North America and India
James Stuart (British Army officer, died 1793), British general of the East India Company
James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833–1864), Confederate States military officer in the American Civil War
Hermanus Loots (1936–2016), South African commissar known in uMkhonto we Sizwe as James Stuart

James Stuart (cleric) (1701–1789), translator into Scottish Gaelic of the New Testament
James Stuart (linguist) (1868–1942), civil servant in the Colony of Natal and Zulu linguist
James Stuart (opera director) (1928–2005), American tenor and opera director
James Stuart (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
James Stuart (scientist) (1843–1913), professor of mechanism and applied mechanics at Cambridge University and Liberal Party politician
James "Athenian" Stuart (1713–1788), archaeologist and architect
James Stuart (artist) (1802–1842), quarantine officer, naturalist, and artist
Jim Stuart (1919–1985), American football player
James Gibb Stuart (1920–2013), financial author
James Patrick Stuart (born 1968), American film and television actor