John Stuart

John Stuart may refer to:

  • Sir John Stuart, 4th Baronet (died 1821), MP for Kincardineshire
  • John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762–1763
  • John Stuart (loyalist) (1718–1779), British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the southern colonies during the American Revolution
  • John Stuart (1743–1821), reviser of the New Testament in Scottish Gaelic
  • John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744–1814)
  • John Stuart (Virginia) (1749–1823), western Virginia settler and soldier at the Battle of Point Pleasant
  • John Stuart, Count of Maida (1759–1815), British soldier, lieutenant-general during the Napoleonic Wars
  • John Stuart (explorer) (1780–1847), Canadian explorer
  • John Stuart (judge) (1793–1876), British Conservative MP 1846–1852, judge from 1852
  • John T. Stuart (1807–1885), U.S. Representative from Illinois and law partner of Abraham Lincoln
  • John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), explorer, the first European to successfully traverse Australia from south to north
  • John Stuart (genealogist) (1813–1877), Scottish antiquarian, genealogist
  • John Stuart (Canadian politician) (1830–1913), Member of Parliament in the late 19th century
  • John Stuart (Nova Scotia politician) (1752–1835), lawyer and politician in Nova Scotia
  • John Stuart, co-founder of locomotive builders Kerr Stuart
  • John Stuart (CEO) (1877–1969), CEO of the Quaker Oats Company
  • John Stuart (actor) (1898–1979), Scottish actor
  • John Leighton Stuart (1876–1962), President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
  • John Stuart, 12th Earl of Moray (1797–1867), Scottish soldier and politician
  • John Stuart, Jr. (1912–1997), one of the heirs to the Quaker Oats Company fortune
  • John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart (1767–1794), Scottish Tory politician
  • John Trevor Stuart (born 1929), British mathematician

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or stuart:

    Think of what our Nation stands for,
    Books from Boots’ and country lanes,
    Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
    Democracy and proper drains.
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
    —John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)