John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
Scottish aristocrat (1847–1900)
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900) was a Scottish landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron.2
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Born Sep 12, 1847, died Oct 9, 1900.1
About
When Bute succeeded to the marquisate at the age of just six months, his vast inheritance reportedly made him the richest man in the world. He owned 116,000 acres (47,000 hectares) mostly in Glamorgan, Ayrshire and Bute. His conversion to Catholicism from the Church of Scotland at the age of 21 scandalised Victorian society and led Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to use the Marquess as the basis for the eponymous hero of his novel Lothair, published in 1870. Marrying into one of Britain's most illustrious Catholic families, that of the Duke of Norfolk, Bute became one of the leaders of the British Catholic community. His expenditure on building and restoration made him the foremost architectural patron of the 19th century.
Lord Bute died in 1900, at the age of 53; his heart was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. He was a Knight Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre, Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Hereditary Keeper of Rothesay Castle.
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Companies
- Western MailFounder14
Early life and education
The future Marquess was born at the family seat of Mount Stuart, on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, to John, 2nd Marquess of Bute, and Lady Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, daughter of The 1st Marquess of Hastings. At birth, he was known by the courtesy title Earl of Dumfries.
The 2nd Marquess was an industrialist and began, at great financial risk, the development of Cardiff as a port to export the mineral wealth of the South Wales Valleys. Accumulating major debts and mortgages on his estates, the Marquess rightly foresaw the potential of Cardiff, telling his concerned solicitor in 1844, "I am willing to think well of my income in the distance." The following fifty years saw his faith vindicated, but the ensuing riches were to be enjoyed, and spent, by his son, "the richest man in the world", rather than himself.
The 2nd Marquess died in 1848 and his son succeeded to the Marquessate when less than six months old. He was educated at Harrow School, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1865. His mother died when he was 12. Bute had been attracted to the Roman Catholic Church since childhood, and the efforts of his guardians to weaken this attraction only added to it. He was never a member of the Church of England, despite efforts by Henry Parry Liddon to attract him to it. Bute's letters to one of his very few intimate friends during his Oxford career show with what conscientious care he worked out the religious question for himself. On 8 December 1868, he was received into the Church by Monsignor Capel at a convent in Southwark, and a little later was confirmed by Pius IX in Rome, resulting in a public scandal. His conversion was the inspiration for Benjamin Disraeli's novel, Lothair.
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Career
Occupation: bibliophile, politician, patron of the arts, translator, businessperson, aristocrat, entrepreneur.7
- Date not recordedFounded Bute Hospital4
- Date not recordedFounded Western Mail5
- Date not recordedMember of the House of Lords6
Personal life
- BornSep 12, 1847, Mount Stuart House8 9
- DiedOct 9, 1900, Isle of Bute10
- CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland11
- SpouseGwendolen Fitzalan-Howard married 187212
John, 3rd Marquess of Bute, married the Hon. Gwendolen Mary Angela Fitzalan-Howard (daughter of The 1st Baron Howard of Glossop and granddaughter of The 13th Duke of Norfolk) in 1872 and had four children:
Lady Margaret Sophia Crichton-Stuart (24 December 1875 – 6 June 1954)
John, 4th Marquess of Bute (20 June 1881 – 16 May 1947)
Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915)
Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart (3 April 1886 – 18 August 1957)
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