William Stuart (1755–1822)

William Stuart (March 1755 – 6 March 1822) was the Bishop of St David's and then Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh from 1800 to his death.

He was the son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and his wife, Mary. On 3 May 1796, he married Sophia Penn, daughter of Thomas Penn, and had three children:
*Mary Juliana Stuart (died 11 July 1866, married Thomas Knox born 19 April 1786-died 21 March 1858, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly
*Sir William Stuart (31 October 1798–7 July 1874)
*Henry Stuart born 1804-died 26 October 1854 Kempston, Bedfordshire (Source Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900)

He had several notable brothers and sisters, including John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744–1814), The Hon. Sir Charles Stuart (1753–1801), a soldier who saw active service in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars and rose to the rank of lieutenant-general; and James Archibald Stuart (1747–1818), another soldier who raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1779. His sisters were Lady Louisa Stuart (12 August 1757 – 4 August 1851), a writer who died unmarried, Lady Mary Stuart (c. 1741–1824), who married James Lowther, later the 1st Earl of Lonsdale; Lady Anne Stuart (born c. 1745), who married Lord Warkworth, later the 2nd Duke of Northumberland; Lady Jane Stuart (c. 1748–1828), who married George Macartney, later the first Earl Macartney; and Lady Caroline Stuart (before 1763–1813), who married The Hon. John Dawson, later first Earl of Portarlington.Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant".]

One of his sons was Mr William Stuart of Tempsford Hall, Sandy, Beds. enjoyed the special confidence of King George III. His youngest son was Clarence Esme Stuart (1828-1903) a notable Classical Tyrwhitt scholar in Hebrew among the Plymouth Brethren ["Chief Men Among the Brethren", by Hy Pickering, pages 128-131]

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