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454 I>EBR;ETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Noble Anger STUART DE DECIES, BARON. (VILLIERS-STTJART.) HENRY WINDSOR VlLLIERS-STUART, 2nd Baron. Born 1827 ; succeeded his father 1874. Educated at University College, Oxford (2nd class Lit. Hum. and B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852). Was Vicar of Bulkington 1854-5, and Vicar of Napton- on-the-Hill 1855 71, when he retired from the clerical profession. Is a Dep. Lieut, and Vice Lieut, of co. Waterford. Sat as M.P. of Waterford co. (L.) from July 1873 to Jan. 1874. Is the first per- son who, having taken Holy Orders, has, He flourishes through the honour o f since 1801, held a seat in 'the House of his ancestors. Commons. Married (1865) Mary, daugh- ter of the Ven. Ambrose Power, Archdeacon of Lismore, and has issue, living, Son, Henry, b. 1867 . Sister living, Pauline, m. 1861, Sir C. F. Wheeler Dermy-Cuffe, 2nd Bart. Creation, Baron Stuart de Decies of Dromana, within the Decies, county of Water- ford, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1839. Srtns, .Quarterly: 1st and 4th, or, a fesse, cheeky, argent and azure, a double tressure flory counterflory, gules, and for distinction, a martlet, Stuart; 2nd and 3rd, argent, on a cross, gules, five escallops, or, and for distinction, a crescent, Villiers. (Irestg, 1st, a demi-lion rampant, gules, and charged on the shoulder with a martlet for distinction, over the motto " Nobilis ira," Stuart ; 2nd, a lion rampant, argent, ducally crowned, or, charged with a crescent for distinction, Villiers. Supported, Dexter, a horse, argent, gorged with a wreath of shamrock, vert; sinister, a stag, proper, gorged as the dexter. Seat, Dromana, Cappoquin, co. Waterford, Ireland. Town Address, ~ Charing Cross Hotel, S. STTJAET DE DECIES, Baron, His Lordship's predecessor was his father, Henry, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut, and Custos Rotulorum of Waterford, son of Lord Henry Stuart (5th son of the 1st Marquess of Bute), by Lady Gertrude Amelia Villiers, only child arid heiress of George, last Earl of Grandison. He was b. June 8, 1803 ; was Col. of the Waterford Militia Artillery 1889774. Sat as M.P. for Waterford 182630, and for Banbury 18312: m. 1826, Madame de Ott, who d. 186;. He d. Jan. 26, 1874, leaving issue one son and one daughter, Stuart, Viscount, title borne by the Earl of Castle-Stuart, ,, family name of Baron Blantyre. the Earl of Castle-Stuart. ,, the Earl of Moray. ,, (Crichton-Stuart), family name of the Marquess of Bute. Stuart of Castle-Stuart, Baron, title of the Earl of Moray on Eoll of H.L. Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, family name of Bajon Clinton. Stuart- Wortley, family name of the Earl of Waarncliffe.