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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Stuart 1st Marquess of Bute, PC, FRS ( 30 June 1744 &ndash 16 November 1814) was a British nobleman He was the member of a family that descended from John Stewart (born 1360), the natural son of Robert II of Scotland and his mistress Moira Leitch. Marriages and issue His first wife was Elizabeth Mure, by her he had at least ten children King Robert III of Scotland This John Stewart was granted the lands of Bute, Arran and Cumbrae by his father. Arran ( also known as Aran, Ardhan (in Parthian) Al-Ran (in Arabic) including the highland and lowland Karabakh) Great Cumbrae ( Scottish Gaelic, Cumaradh Mòr; also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger of the two islands known as The He was known as the 'Black Stewart' to distinguish him from his brother John Stewart of Dundonald, known as the 'Red Stewart'. The grant of lands was confirmed in 1400 by a charter of Robert III. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company Robert III redirects here Robert Curthose of Normandy is also sometimes known as Robert III or Robert II [1][2] About 1385, John Stewart of Bute was granted the hereditary office of Sheriff of Bute by his father Robert II. He died in 1449, age 89. [3] At about the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, the family adopted the spelling of 'Stuart', which she had used while living in France. [1] James Stuart, seventh in descent from the Black Stewart, was created a Baronet, of Bute, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 March 1627. Sir James Stuart 1st Baronet ( March 2 1780 &ndash July 14 1853) was a lawyer judge and political figure in Lower Canada. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. His grandson, the third Baronet, represented Bute in the Parliament of Scotland and was one of the Commissioners that negotiated the Union between Scotland and England. This article is about the pre-1707 parliament The article on the devolved legislative body established in 1999 is at Scottish Parliament. In 1703, he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock, Viscount of Kingarth and Earl of Bute. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire. On his early death the titles passed to his son, the third Earl. He was a politician and favourite of George III, and served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763. George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Lord Bute married Mary, daughter of Edward Wortley Montagu and his wife, the writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Mary Stuart Countess of Bute and 1st Baroness Mount Stuart (February 1718 - 6 November 1794) was the daughter of Edward Wortley-Montagu and Lady Mary Sir Edward Wortley Montagu ( 8 February 1678 – 22 January 1761) was British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, husband The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( 26 May 1689 &ndash 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer In 1761 Mary was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain in her own right as Baroness Mount Stuart, of Wortley in the County of York, with remainder to the heirs male of her body by her then husband Lord Bute. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of

They were both succeeded by their eldest son, the fourth Earl. In 1766, he married the Hon. Charlotte Jane, daughter and heiress of Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor, son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor (see Viscount Windsor) and his wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke. Viscount Windsor is a title that has been created twice The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1699 when the Hon Through this marriage vast estates in south Wales came into the Stuart family. In 1776, sixteen years before he succeeded his father in the earldom, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain in his own right as Baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle in the County of Glamorgan, in recognition of his substantial Welsh estates. In 1796, he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Mountjoy, in the Isle of Wight, and Earl of Windsor, revivals of the titles held by his wife's family, and Marquess of the County of Bute. These titles are also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Bute's eldest son and heir, John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart (who predeceased his father), married Lady Elizabeth Penelope, daughter and heiress of Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries (see the Earl of Dumfries). John Stuart Lord Mount Stuart ( September 25 1767 &ndash 22 January 1794) was a Scottish Tory politician Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed Lord Mount Stuart's eldest son John succeeded his maternal grandfather as seventh Earl of Dumfries in 1803, and his paternal grandfather as second Marquess of Bute in 1814. In 1805, he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Crichton before Stuart. He was succeeded by his only child, the third Marquess. He was an antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist and architectural patron and also held the post of Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire. His son, the fourth Marquess, was also Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire. His grandson, the sixth Marquess (who succeeded his father), was Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire from 1967 to 1975. As of 2008, the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the seventh Marquess, who succeeded in 1993. He is a successful racing driver.

John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart,
3rd Marquess of Bute

Numerous other members of the family have also gained distinction. Robert Stuart, younger son of the first Baronet, was created a Baronet in his own right in 1707. The Hon. James Stuart-Mackenzie, younger son of the second Earl, succeeded to the Mackenzie estates through his paternal grandmother and assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Mackenzie. The Right Honourable James Stuart-Mackenzie (c 1719 - 8 April 1800) was a Scottish politician He was a Member of Parliament. The Hon. James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, second son of the third Earl, was a politician and the father of James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (see the Earl of Wharncliffe for more information on this branch of the family). James Archibald Stuart, later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie ( 19 September 1747 – 1 March 1818) British politician and soldier was the James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe ( 6 October 1776 &ndash 19 December 1845) English Statesman, was Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the Sir Charles Stuart, fourth son of the third Earl, was a distinguished soldier and the father of Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay (see the Baron Stuart de Rothesay). Colonel Sir Charles Stuart, KB (January 1753 – 25 May 1801) was a British nobleman and soldier Charles Stuart 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay GCB ( 2 January 1779 &ndash 6 November 1845) was a British Diplomat The title of Baron Stuart de Rothesay was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for the British Diplomat, Sir Charles Stuart on 22 January The Most Reverend the Hon. William Stuart, fifth son of the third Earl, was Archbishop of Armagh. The Archbishop of Armagh in the Church of Ireland is the Primate of All Ireland and the leader of that church as well as being the diocesan Bishop His son Sir William Stuart was a Member of Parliament. Sir William Stuart ( 31 October 1798 - 7 July 1874) was a British Tory politician His eldest son William Stuart also sat as a Member of Parliament. William Stuart ( 7 March 1825 - 21 December 1893) was a British Conservative politician Lady Louisa Stuart, daughter of the third Earl, was a writer. Lady Louisa Stuart ( 12 August 1757 &ndash 4 August 1851) was a British writer of the 18th and 19th centuries Lord Evelyn Stuart, second son of the first Marquess, was a soldier and politician. Colonel Lord Evelyn James Stuart ( 7 May 1773 – 16 August 1842) was a British soldier and Tory politician Lord Henry Chrichton-Stuart, third son of the first Marquess, was the father of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies (see the Baron Stuart de Decies for more information on this branch of the family). Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana within the Decies in the County of Waterford was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Lord William Stuart, fourth son of the first Marquess, was a Captain in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. Captain Lord William Stuart ( 18 November 1778 – 25 July 1814) was a British naval commander and Tory politician For information specifically on the Royal Navy rank of captain see Captain (Royal Navy. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Lord George Stuart (1780-1841), fifth son of the first Marquess, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. Rear admiral is a Naval Commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain, and below that of a Vice Admiral. Lord Dudley Stuart, sixth son of the first Marquess (and eldest from his second marriage), was a Member of Parliament. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart ( London, 11 January 1803 &ndash 17 November 1854, Stockholm) was a British politician Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart, second son of Lord Mount Stuart, eldest son of the first Marquess, was Member of Parliament for Cardiff. Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart ( 25 August 1794 - 7 September 1859) known as the Hon Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the His eldest son James Crichton-Stuart also represented this constituency in Parliament. Lieutenant-Colonel James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart ( 17 February 1824 – 24 October 1891) was a British soldier and Liberal Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart, second son of the third Marquess, was also Member of Parliament for Cardiff before his early death in the First World War. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart ( 15 May 1883 &ndash 2 October 1915) was a British Member of Parliament World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, third and youngest son of the third Marquess, sat as Member of Parliament for Northwich for many years. Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart ( 3 April 1886 &ndash 18 August 1957) was a British Conservative Party politician Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart, second son of the fourth Marquess, was Lord-Lieutenant of Buteshire.

The Earls and Marquesses of Bute originally used the courtesy title Lord Mount Stuart for the Heir Apparent. After the earldom of Dumfries was inherited by the second Marquess, the Heir Apparent has been styled Earl of Dumfries and his Heir Apparent is styled Lord Mount Stuart. The current heir John Bryson Crichton-Stuart was styled as Lord Mount Stuart for some years after his father inherited the marquessate in 1993. This was because his father was well known as Johnny Dumfries, Earl of Dumfries. However, the current heir is now styled using the traditional title of the heir - Earl of Dumfries. He is known as Jack Dumfries for short, and his father is often known as John or Johnny Bute.

The family seat is Mount Stuart near Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Mount Stuart House on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland is a Neo-Gothic Country house with extensive gardens The town of Rothesay (Baile Bhòid is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Isle of Bute ( Eilean Bhòid in Gaelic is one of the Islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. The current Marquess put the other family residence Dumfries House, near Cumnock, East Ayrshire up for sale. Dumfries House is a Palladian Country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. Cumnock ( Cumnag in Gaelic is a Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. East Ayrshire ( Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland. The National Trust for Scotland had an offer for the property rejected in 2005. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS ( Scottish Gaelic: Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes

Dumfries House was acquired by a charitable trust, The Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust, with financial support from HRH The Prince of Wales. Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (and formerly the Kingdom Following refurbishment, it opened to the public on Friday, June 6, 2008. [4]


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Stuart Baronets, of Bute (1627)

Earls of Bute (1703)

Marquesses of Bute (1796)

The Coat of Arms of The Marquess of Bute
The Coat of Arms of The Marquess of Bute

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1989)

Barons Mount Stuart (1761)

see above for further succession

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stewart Clan online at scotsconnection. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mary Stuart Countess of Bute and 1st Baroness Mount Stuart (February 1718 - 6 November 1794) was the daughter of Edward Wortley-Montagu and Lady Mary Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Stuart 1st Marquess of Bute, PC, FRS ( 30 June 1744 &ndash 16 November 1814) was a British nobleman Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed Viscount Windsor is a title that has been created twice The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1699 when the Hon Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana within the Decies in the County of Waterford was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Baron Stuart of Wortley, of the City of Sheffield was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Stuart, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England and com (accessed 12 March 2008)
  2. ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation: or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland (vol. I, ABE-CUR, Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co. , 1862) pp 514-515, online at google.co.uk (accessed 12 March 2008)
  3. ^ Stewart of Bute online at humphrysfamilytree. com (accessed 12 March 2008)
  4. ^ Dumfries House website accessed 11 June 2008.

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