William James Stuart of Drumaspil (14 April 1831 – 8 July 1914) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and gentleman.

[1] Stuart was born on 14 April 1831 in Bunchara Castle, County Donegal, the son of Hamilton Stuart of Drumaspil, County Tyrone and Jane Wilhelmina Thornton-Todd, daughter of William Thornton-Todd of Bunchara Castle.

[3] He commanded the French Storming Party at the assault on Canton and was congratulated and thanked by the French Naval Commander in Chief Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly and he was promoted brevet major.

Stuart retired from the British Army in 1891 and was appointed colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers in 1903.

[1] Stuart married in 1859 to Eleanor Dorcas, 5th daughter of Thomas George French, of Marino, County Cork and Charlotte Granville Grenfell, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell, they had issue:[2] Stuart died on 8 July 1914, in Woolwich.