James Stuart

James Stuart has been the name of several historical figures. Some are better known under the older spelling of James Stewart; others include:

*King James I of England, James VI of Scotland (1566–1625)
*King James II of England, James VII of Scotland (1533–1701)
*James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), "the Old Pretender", claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland
*James Stuart (1713-1788), "Athenian" Stuart, archaologist and architect
*James Stuart (d. 1793), British general in India
*James Stuart (British Army officer) (1741–1815), British general in India
*James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1747–1818)
*James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776–1845)
*Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet (1780–1853), Lower Canada lawyer, politician, judge
*James Stuart (1802-1842), quarantine officer, naturalist & artist
*James Stuart-Wortley (Liberal politician) (1805–1881)
*James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833–1864), Confederate States military officer in the American Civil War
*James Stuart (politician) (1843–1913), Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University and Liberal Party politician
*James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1897–1971), Conservative Party politician and Secretary of State for Scotland
*James Patrick Stuart (born 1968), American film and television actor
*James Frederick Stuart-Wortley, New Zealand politician
*James H. Stuart, Former mayor of Kelowna

Several Earls of Moray, including
*James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1501 creation) (c.1499–1544)
*James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531–1570)
*James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray (1708–1767)

and several Earls of Bute and their predecessors, including:
*Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet (d. 1662)
*James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute (d. 1710)
*James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (d. 1723)

ee also

*James Stewart (disambiguation)