Marquess of Bute

Marquess of Bute is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of Great Britain, named after the Scottish county of Bute. It is supported by the family Crichton - Stuart, a branch line of the old Anglo- Scottish royal family of Stuart.

The family seat is Mount Stuart House on the island of Bute. Earlier, the family also belonged Dumfries House in Ayrshire.

Award

The title was for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute created in 1795. This had been initial period of ten years as a member of the House of Commons, then ambassador to the Kingdom of Sardinia and finally Lord Lieutenant for Glamorgan and Bute.

Subordinate title

The great-grandfather of the first Marquess had been created Earl of Bute with the subordinate titles Viscount of Kingart and Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock 1703. These titles are all in the Peerage of Scotland.

The mother of the Marquess, Mary Stuart had, in 1761, when her husband, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute should be, Prime Minister, the title of Baroness Mount Stuart of Wortley get in the county of Yorkshire, awarded as own dignity. This title, which belongs to the Peerage of Great Britain could only pass on their male offspring from the marriage with John Stuart.

The first Marquess itself already received in 1776, when his father was still alive, the dignity of a Baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle in the county of Glamorgan, to appreciate the considerable property he had inherited from his wife's family. Also, this title belongs to the peerage of Great Britain.

Simultaneously with the Marquessat were 1795, belonging to the same peerage titles Earl of Windsor and downstream Viscount Mountjoy, awarded at the Isle of Wight, both of which refer to extinct titles that had worn last the father of the Marquess.

The second Marquess inherited in 1803 by his maternal grandfather in 1633 created the dignity of Earl of Dumfries with the subordinate titles Viscount of Ayr ( created 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar ( created 1488 ), Lord Sanquhar ( created 1622) and Lord Crichton of Cumnock ( created 1633), all in the Peerage of Scotland. Two years later he obtained a royal permission to change his name to Crichton - Stuart.

These titles are now all out as subordinate title of Marquessat. The heir apparent today leads the courtesy title Earl of Dumfries, his eldest son those of Lord Mount Stuart. The latter title was used until the acquisition of the aforementioned earldom as a courtesy title of the heir title itself.

Another title

Already in 1627 was to James Stuart, the dignity of a baronet, of Bute, has been awarded. This title, which belongs to the Baronetage of Nova Scotia is also borne by each Marquess.

List of Stuart Baronets, Earls and Marquesses of Bute and barons Mount Stuart

Stuart Baronets, of Bute ( 1627 )

  • Sir James Stuart, 1st Baronet († 1662)
  • Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet († 1670 )
  • Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet († 1710) (1703 elevated to the Earl of Bute )

Earl of Bute (1703)

  • James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute († 1710)
  • James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute († 1723)
  • John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ( 1713-1792 )
  • John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute ( 1744-1814 ) (1796 elevated to Marquess of Bute )

Marquesses of Bute (1796 )

  • John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute ( 1744-1814 )
  • John Crichton - Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute ( 1793-1848 ) ( had already in 1803 the title of Earl of Dumfries inherited )
  • John Patrick Crichton - Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute ( 1847-1900 )
  • John Crichton - Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute ( 1881-1947 )
  • John Crichton - Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute ( 1907-1956 )
  • John Crichton - Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute ( 1933-1993 )
  • John Colum Crichton - Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute ( b. 1958 )

The heir apparent is the son of the current Marquess, John Bryson Crichton - Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (* 1989).

Barone Mount Stuart (1761 )

  • Mary Stuart, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart ( 1718-1794 )
  • John Crichton - Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute, 2nd Baron Mount Stuart ( 1744-1814 ) (1796 elevated to Marquess of Bute )

Because of the additional winners of the title, see above

Swell

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David ( ed.) Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition ). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Www.thepeerage.com
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