[1] It was created on 20 November 1959 for the Conservative politician the Hon.
James Stuart after his retirement from the House of Commons.
Stuart was the third son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray (see Earl of Moray for earlier history of the family).
As of 2017[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1999.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's half-brother, the Hon.