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Hereditary Genius
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Stanley, Edward Geoffrey; 14th Earl of Derby; Premier, 1852, 1858-9, 1866-8;
scholar; translator of “Homer” into English verse, as well as orator and
statesman.
F. Naturalist; President of Linnaean and Zoological Societies; known by his
endeavours to acclimatize animals.
uS. Rev. J. J. Hornby, Head Master of Eton; scholar and athlete.
S. Edward, Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Stewart, Robert; the famous Viscount Castlereagh, and 2d Marquess Londonderry.
Great hopes were entertained of him when he entered Parliament, barely of age,
but he disappointed them at first, for he was a very unequal speaker. However,
he became leader of the House of Commons aet. 29. Committed suicide.
F. Was M.P. for county Down, and raised through successive peerages to the
Marquisate.
uS. Sir George Hamilton, G.C.B.; diplomatist, especially in Russia and Austria.
B (Half brother, grandson of Lord Chancellor Camden.) Charles William; created
Earl Vane; Adjutant-General under Wellington in Spain aet. 30.
[p.] (And P. to Duke of Grafton, Premier 1767.) Admiral Fitzroy; eminent
navigator (“Voyage of the Beagle”). Superintendent of the Meteorological
Department of the Board of Trade.
Stuart, John; 3d Earl of Bute; Premier, 1762-3.
u. 1d Duke of Argyll; created Duke of Greenwich; statesman and general. In
command at Sheriffmuir:—
“Argyll, the State's whole thunder born to wield,
And shake alike the senate and the field.”—POPE.
GF. Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Advocate; eminent lawyer.
G. Sir James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute; Privy Councillor to Queen Anne.
GU. Robert Stuart, 1st Baronet; a Lord of Session, as Lord Tillicoultry.
GB. Dugald Stuart, also a Lord of Session.
B. Right Hon. James Stuart, who assumed the additional name of Mackenzie;
Keeper of Privy Seal of Scotland.
S. General Sir Charles Stuart; reduced Minorca.
S. William, D.D.; Archbishop of Armagh.
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