STUART-WORTLEY, JAMES FREDERICK (1833-70) was a son of the second Lord Wharncliffe, and came to Canterbury in the Charlotte Jane (1850). He took up land at Ellesmere in 1852 and later became a partner in the Hawkeswood estate at Waiau. From 1853 to 1855 he sat as member for Christchurch Country in the House of Representatives. In 1854 Wortley travelled from Taranaki to Rotorua with Weld, and in 1855 they visited Hawaii to see the effects of the volcanic eruption. Shortly afterwards he returned to England, where he died on 27 Nov 1870.

Cycl. N.Z., iii; Burke, Peerage; Lovat; Acland.

Reference: Volume 2, page 176

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