Name Lord Crichton-Stuart | ||
Role British member of Parliament Died October 2, 1915, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Parents Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute Siblings Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute Cousins Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop Grandparents John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute | ||
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915) was a British Member of Parliament killed in the First World War. He was the second son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and the Honourable Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard.
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Lord Ninian was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was commissioned in 1903 into the 3rd Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and then served for two years in 1st Battalion, the Scots Guards.
He left the army after his marriage to the Hon. Ismay Preston in 1906 to concentrate on politics. In 1907 he was adopted as the Unionist candidate for the United Boroughs of Cardiff, Cowbridge and Llantrisant. He lost the election to D.A. Thomas in January 1910 but was successful in winning the seat in the December 1910 election.
In 1912 he took command of the 6th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. He was killed in action on 2 October 1915, while leading the 6th Welsh in a night attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, near La Bassee, aged 32.
Family
Lord Ninian married the Honourable Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston, daughter of Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston and Georgina Jane Connelan, on 16 June 1906; they had 4 children:
After his death, his widow remarried on 30 April 1917 Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay (4 May 1894 - 11 March 1955), later a Scottish Unionist MP for Peebles and South Midlothian 1931-1945; he is better known today as one of the most prominent British fascists. Ramsay and his wife had four sons together. Mrs Ramsay died 16 February 1975 aged 92, and was survived by six of her eight children.
Other information
Lord Ninian held the office of Justice of the Peace (JP) for Fife.
He held the office of MP for Cardiff between 1910 and 1915.
He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 6th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Ninian Park, the home of Cardiff City Football Club was named after Lord Ninian, following Lord Ninian's help in agreeing to become guarantor for the new ground.