James Stuart (1843–1913)

Engineer and politician. BA, Cambridge, 1866; fellow of Trinity College, 1867. Professor of mechanism and applied mechanics, 1875–89; established the mechanical workshops and inaugurated the mechanical sciences tripos. Originator of university extension lectures, 1873. MP for Hackney, 1884; for Hoxton, 1885–1900; for Sunderland, 1906–10. Rector of St Andrews University, 1898–1901.