County of Bute

Bute (also: Buteshire ) is a small traditional county in South West Scotland with approximately 13,700 inhabitants ( 2001).

The county consists of a series of islands in the Firth of Clyde. The largest of these are Bute, Arran and Great Cumbrae. The county seat is the town of Rothesay on the island of Bute. In 1703 the title of Earl of Bute was created by Queen Anne, who, in 1796, by King George III. was incremented to that of a Marquess of the County of Bute. Owned by the Crichton - Stuart family, whose current carrier of the 7th Marquess. The town of Rothesay on the other hand is a duchy, which state the heir to the throne in the Scottish Kingdom and operates in the UK as one of the titles of the Prince of Wales.

The island of Bute now belongs to unitary authority Argyll and Bute, Arran and Great Cumbrae to the Unitary Authority North Ayrshire.

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