James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn

Captain The Right Honourable
The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
CH MVO MC* PC
Captain The Right Honourable The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC* PC
	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.

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Captain The Right Honourable The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC* PC
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	(1897-02-09)9 February 1897 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	20 February 1971(1971-02-20) (aged 74)
Nationality	British
Political party	Unionist
Spouse	Lady Rachel Cavendish (m. 1923)
Children	3