Henry Villiers-Stuart
Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart (13 September 1827 – 12 October 1895), was a British soldier, clergyman, politician, Egyptologist, and author.
Parentage
He was the son of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st and last Baron Stuart de Decies, son of Lord Henry Stuart and his wife, Lady Gertrude Amelia, daughter of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison.[1] His paternal great-grandfather was John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.[2] Henry Villiers-Stuart had a younger sister, Pauline, later Lady Wheeler Cuffe (died 5 July 1895).[3]
His mother was Theresia Pauline (née Ott), an Austrian
Career
Villiers-Stuart served in the Austrian Imperial Army from 1844 to 1846. He was in the British Army from 1846 to 1847 as an Ensign in the 20th Regiment of Foot.[5] He afterwards attended University College, Durham and took his BA at Durham University in 1850, graduating with a second-class degree in Classics.[6][4] In 1849 and still an undergraduate he took his first journey to Egypt, with the intention of visiting sites mentioned in the Bible.[7]
1850–1885
He was ordained in the
Travels and Egyptology
Stuart travelled extensively, and published many accounts of his wanderings, notably Adventures amid the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America (1891). He was in South America in 1858, in Jamaica in 1881, and he made several journeys through Egypt, and published various works on
The Durham University Journal noted in their obituary of Villiers-Stuart that The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen was one of his more popular books.
1885–1895
He contested East Cork at the 1885 election as an Independent candidate but was unsuccessful, losing out to William John Lane of the Irish Parliamentary Party.[5] Villiers-Stuart was appointed High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1889.[11][12]
Personal life
Villiers-Stuart married Mary Power, the daughter of Ambrose Power, Archdeacon of Lismore, in 1865.[12] They had five sons and four daughters. He died in October 1895, aged 68, after falling and drowning off Villierstown Quay, near his residence at Dromana, Waterford, having slipped while attempting to enter his boat. His wife survived him by twelve years, dying in September 1907.[2][12] His youngest son, Patrick Villiers-Stuart, married the author and painter Constance Fielden.
Publications
- Eve of the Deluge. London, 1851.
- Nile Gleanings: concerning the ethnology, history and art of Ancient Egypt as revealed by Egyptian paintings and bas-reliefs. London, 1879.
- The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen. London, 1882.
- Egypt after the War: being the narrative of a tour of inspection (undertaken last Autumn) including experiences among the natives, with descriptions of their homes and habits. London, 1883.
- Adventures amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America. London, 1891
See also
Notes
- ^ Victim, Beneficiary and Follower of his Father's Legacy Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c Villiers-Stuart Collection in University College Cork Library Fund, ucc.ie; accessed 8 April 2014.
- ^ Pauline, Lady Wheeler Cuffe profile, npg.org.uk; accessed 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Miscellanea". The Durham University Journal. 13: 148. 5 November 1898. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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- ^ C. E. Whiting (1932). Durham University 1832–1932. Sheldon Press. p. 96.
- ^ a b c d Fraher, William. "VILLIERS-STUART'S EGYPTIAN GLEANINGS". Irish Egyptology. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ James-Chakraborty, Kathleen (2017). India in Art in Ireland. Routledge.
- ^ Villiers-Stuart, Henry Windsor (1882). "Preface". The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen. London: John Murray. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ Villiers-Stuart, Henry Windsor (1882). "Details of its Design". The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen. p. 5.
- ^ Castle and mansion-house of Dromana, County Waterford; accessed 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c Fraher, William. "Villiers Stuart, Henry Windsor (1827-1895)". Waterford County Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
References
External links
- Media related to Henry Villiers-Stuart at Wikimedia Commons
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Villiers-Stuart