The title of Baron Stuart de Rothesay was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for the Britishdiplomat, Sir Charles Stuart on 22 January1828. The title became extinct upon his death on 6 November1845. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
James was born on 19 June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, and automatically became Duke of Rothesay and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, for he was the eldest son of the monarch and thus the heir-apparent.
James's chief advisor was Robert Cecil, 1st Baron Cecil of Essendon (the younger son of Elizabeth I's favoured minister, Lord Burghley), who became Earl of Salisbury in 1605.
His close association as a teenager with Esmé Stuart, Seigneur d'Aubigny, Earl of Lennox was criticised by Scottish church leaders, who wished, for religious reasons, to keep the young King and the French courtier apart.
The title of Baron Wharncliffe, of Wortley in the County of York, had been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 for the first Earl's grandfather James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie.
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, second son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and his wife Mary Stuart, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart, daughter of Edward Wortley Montagu (grandson of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich) and his wife, the authoress Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Another member of the family was the Conservative politician Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st BaronStuart of Wortley.