Lord Dudley Stuart

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Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (London, 11 January 1803 – 17 November 1854, Stockholm) was a British politician.

Stuart was the youngest son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute and Frances Coutts.

In 1820, he was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford.

On July 20, 1824, he married Princess Christine Bonaparte (d. 1847), daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and had one son.

He was a member of the Whittington Club. He was a member of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland as well.

A Whig and subsequently Liberal, he was a passionate advocate of Polish independence, and sympathetic in general to the cause of the Eastern European peoples against Russia. He received Lajos Kossuth in England after his exile from Hungary. A critic of the Metropolitan Police, he suggested a reduction of the strength of the force in 1853.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Lombe John Atkins	Member of Parliament for Arundel with John Atkins 1830–1832 1830–1837	Succeeded by The Earl of Arundel (representation reduced to one member 1832)
Preceded by Sir Benjamin Hall Sir Charles Napier	Member of Parliament for Marylebone with Sir Benjamin Hall 1847–1854	Succeeded by Sir Benjamin Hall Viscount Ebrington