John Stuart- Wortley, second baron Wharncliffe

(1801-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wharncliffe, John Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1801-1855 NRA: Mackenzie John Stuart-Wortley- (1801-1855) 2nd Baron Wharncliffe DNB: Wortley, John Stuart-, second Baron Wharncliffe (1801–1855) LBT ID: LdWharn2 VIAF ID: 1539799 LOC ID: n87895345	B/BAP: 1801-04-23 DIED: 1855-10-22
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Son of the first baron (d. 1845); he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was MP for Bossiney (1823-30, 1831-32), Perth burghs (1830-31), and Yorkshire (1841-45).
REFERENCES TO John Stuart- Wortley, second baron Wharncliffe: John Whishaw to Elizabeth Smith, 27 November 1824 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 April 1826 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 45 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. IV: 1825-26 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XI: 1824-33