standard textbook. He also wrote numerous papers on public education. He was a key figure in the foundation of the Girls' Public Day School Company and a member of its council until shortly before his death. Personal life In 1842, he married Janet Shuttleworth (born 9 November 1817, half-sister of Marianne North), assuming by royal licence his bride's name and arms. His wife had inherited the estate centred on Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham at the age of four months. They had five children. His eldest son, Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (1844–1939), became a well-known Liberal politician, as MP for Hastings from 1869 to 1880 and for the Clitheroe division of Lancashire from 1885 till 1902, when he was created Baron Shuttleworth. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1886, and secretary to the Admiralty in 1892–1895. Charlotte Brontë visited the Kay-Shuttleworths twice at Gawthorpe Hall in 1850 and again in 1855. She was also introduced to Elizabeth Gaskell by the Kay-Shuttleworth's, when both women were invited to stay at their rented home in the Lake District in 1850. James Kay-Shuttleworth died in 1877 in London and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. References Selleck, Richard J.W. (1995). Journey of an Outsider Biography of Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. Routledge ISBN 0713001984 Further reading Selleck, Richard J.W. (1995). Journey of an Outsider Biography of Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. Routledge ISBN 0713001984 Smith, Frank (1974). The Life and Work of Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. External resources James Kay-Shuttleworth Papers at the John Rylands Library, Manchester. 1804 births 1877 deaths People from Rochdale English educational theorists Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Lancashire Burials at Brompton Cemetery Girls' Day School Trust Permanent Secretaries of the Education Office 19th-century English medical doctors Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society