874 Stuart Rendel

Constituency : Montgomeryshire  1880-94

Stuart took  over  from  Charles  Watkin-Williams  at  Montgomeryshire.

Stuart  was  the  son  of  an  eminent  civil  engineer. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford. He  became  a  barrister  but  was  mainly  involved  in  industrial  engineering. He  managed  the  London  office  of  William  Armstrong's  gunnery  works.

Despite  being  an  Anglican  Englishman  Stuart  quickly  immersed  himself in  Welsh  culture  and  concerns  attracting  the  nickname  "Member  for   Wales"  and  gradually  emerging as  the  leader  of  the  Welsh  MPs. He  supported  disestablishment  of  the  church  and  the  University  of  Wales.

Stuart   was  a  close  friend  of  Gladstone's  and  popular  in  London  society. His  daughter  married  Gladstone's  son  Henry.

In  1894  Stuart  stood  down  and  became  Baron  Rendel. A  year  later  he  became president  of  the  University  College  of  Wales  at  Aberystwyth  to  which  he  had  always  been  a  benefactor.

He  died  in  1913  aged  78.