Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, John
- First name(s)
- John
- Surname
- Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
- Position(s) held at King's College London
Life Governor, 1829-1848
Education & professional details
- School, college and/or university attended
- Eton College
- Christ’s College, Cambridge Ref: *1
- Qualifications
- MA (1812) Ref: *1
- Professional activities
- Landowner and industrialist
Personal details
- Date of birth
- 10 August 1793
- Place of birth
- Dumfries House, Ayrshire
- Date of death
- 18 March 1848
- Place of death
- Carfiff Castle
- Family details
Eldest son of John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart (1767–1794), of Mountstuart House, Isle of Bute, and his wife, Elizabeth Penelope (1767–1797). Married to Maria on 29 July 1818 (d. 1841). Re-married in 10 April 1845 to Sophia Frederica Christina (1809–1859) and had a single son. Ref: *1
References
- John Davies, “Stuart, John Crichton-, second marquess of Bute (1793–1848),” Janette Ryan in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, eee ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford: OUP, 2004); online ed., ed. David Cannadine, October 2006, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37322 [Accessed June 12, 2017].
Portrait: John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, Mezzotint by William Ward, after Sir Henry Raeburn, published 1822, NPG D32470 © National Portrait Gallery, London. Supplied under license, Creative Commons BY ND.
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