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Marquess of Bute

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The title Marquess of the County of Bute was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for the 4th Earl of Bute, along with the subsidiary titles Earl of Windsor and Viscount Mountjoy, of the Isle of Wight. The Marquessate is shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute.

The title Earl of Bute had been created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1703 for Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Kingarth and Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock.

The wife of the 3rd Earl was created Baroness Mount Stuart, of Wortley in the County of York, in 1761. This title was inherited by her son, the 4th Earl, in 1794.

The 4th Earl himself had been created Baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle, in 1776, before succeeding to the Earldom.

The 2nd Marquess succeeded to the Earldom of Dumfries and its subsidiary titles in 1803.

Lord Bute therefore currently holds the subsidiary titles Earl of Dumfries (Peerage of Scotland, 1633), Earl of Bute (Peerage of Scotland, 1703), Earl of Windsor (Peerage of Great Britain, 1796), Viscount of Ayr (Peerage of Scotland, 1622 & separately 1633), Viscount of Kingarth (Peerage of Scotland, 1703), Viscount Mountjoy, of the Isle of Wight (Peerage of Great Britain, 1796), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (Peerage of Scotland, 1488), Lord Sanquhar (Peerage of Scotland, 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar and Cumnock (Peerage of Scotland, 1633), Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock (Peerage of Scotland, 1703), Baron Mount Stuart, of Wortley in the County of York (Peerage of Great Britain, 1761), and Baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle (Peerage of Great Britain, 1776), and is a Baronet of Nova Scotia, styled "of Bute".

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 2nd 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, the Earl of Dumfries. However, the current heir is now styled using the traditional title of the heir - the 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. The current Marquess put the other family residence Dumfries House, near Cumnock, East Ayrshire up for sale. The National Trust for Scotland had an offer for the property rejected in 2005. Dumfries House has since been sold.

Early Stewarts of Bute

The Stuarts of Bute are descended from John Stewart (born 1360), the natural son of Robert II of Scotland and his mistress Moira Leitch. This John Stewart was granted the lands of Bute, Arran and Cumbrae by his father. 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. 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.

At about the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, the family adopted the spelling of 'Stuart', which she had used while living in France.

Stuart Baronets, of Bute (1627)

Earls of Bute (1703)

Baron Mount Stuart (1761)

Marquesses of Bute (1796)

The Heir Apparent is:

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