The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn | |
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 Photograph of Stuart by Walter Stoneman, taken August 1943. | |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 30 October 1951 – 9 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Hector McNeil |
| Succeeded by | John Maclay |
| Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 14 January 1941 – 26 July 1945 Serving with Charles Edwards and William Whiteley | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Charles Edwards |
| Succeeded by | William Whiteley |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 1 May 1935 – 14 January 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Lambert Ward |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dugdale |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 20 November 1959 – 20 February 1971 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn |
| Member of Parliament for Moray and Nairn | |
| In office 6 December 1923 – 8 October 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Maule Guthrie |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1897 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 20 February 1971 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse |
Lady Rachel Cavendish
(m. 1923) |
| Children | 3 |
James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, CH, MVO, MC*, PC (9 February 1897 – 20 February 1971) was a British 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. In 1959 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stuart of Findhorn.