title: John Stuart, 12th Earl of Moray
text: # John Stuart, 12th Earl of Moray
  
  John Stuart, 12th Earl of Moray (25 January 1797 – 8 November 1867), styled The Honourable John Stuart between 1810 and 1859, was a Scottish soldier and politician.
  
  ## Background
  
  Moray was a younger son of Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray, and Lucy, daughter of Major-General John Scott.
  
  ## Career
  
  Moray was a captain in the British Army and also sat as member of parliament for Newport from 1825 to 1826. In 1859 he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Lord Moray died in November 1867, aged 70. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his half-brother, Archibald Stuart.
  
  