1464 Stuart Samuel

Constituency  : Whitechapel  1900- 16

Stuart  took  over  from   his  uncle,  Samuel  Montagu  at  Whitechapel. He  won  by  71  votes.

Stuart  was  a  London  banker. He  was  eduated  at Liverpool  Institute  and  University  College  School, Hampstead. He  was  a  London  councillor  from  1889  to  1892.  He  was  Jewish. He  was  a  partner  in  Montagu's  banking  firm.

In  the  1906  Campaign  Stuart's  Tory  opponent  David  Kyd  attacked  him  as  "PRO-ALIEN.. a  man  who  stands  up  in  this  way  for  the  foreign  Jews".

In  1912  Stuart was  created  a  baronet.

In  1913  Stuart   had  to  fight  a by-election  as  a  result  of  a select  committee  disqualifying  him for  buying  silver  for  the  India  Office  on  behalf  of  his  cousin  Edwin  Montagu. The  motive  , to  evade  speculators  forcing  the  price  up, was  sound , but  the  family  connections   led  some  Conservatives  to  allege  a  Jewish  plot  and  Jewish  control  of  the  Liberal  party,  He  was  returned  with  a  reduced  majority.

Stuart  helped  recruit  Jewish  volunteers  in  1914.

Stuart  stood  down  in  1916. He  was  soon  elected    President  of   the  Board  of  Deputies  of  British  Jews. He  was  a  Zionist  who  led  concerns  about  the  treatment  of  Jews  in  Poland.

He  died  in  1926  aged  59. He  was  the  elder  brother  of  future  Liberal  leader  Herbert  Samuel.