William Stuart (British Secretary of Legation)
b. 1824-03-03 d. 1896-04-01
British diplomat. Native of Erskine, England. Son of Robert Walter Stuart. Entered diplomatic service in 1845, serving in Paris, Rio de Janiero, and Athens until 1861. British secretary of legation to the United States in Washington, D. C., from 1861 to 1863. Charge d'affaires for Her Majesty Queen Victoria in Washington, D. C. in 1863.
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- White
Bibliography
The National Archives, Kew "Sir William Stuart: Papers" http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=10768&catln=3 (accessed September 18, 2018).
A Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge, https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=STRT842W&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 (accessed January 6, 2021).
Citation
Stuart, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204560 (November 12, 2026).
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