John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute
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Born | 27 February 1933 Mayfair, London, England |
Died | 21 July 1993 Mount Stuart House | (aged 60)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Spouses | Beatrice Weld-Forester
(m. 1955; div. 1977)Jennifer Home-Rigg (m. 1978) |
Children | Lady Sophia Bain Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart |
Parent(s) | John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute Lady Eileen Forbes |
Alma mater | Ampleforth College Trinity College, Cambridge |
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute,
Life
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John Crichton-Stuart was born in
He was known as Lord Cardiff before the death of his grandfather in 1947, when he became Earl of Dumfries.[3] He attended Ampleforth College and, after national service in the Scots Guards, studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge he attended the Fine Art lectures of Nikolaus Pevsner.[4]
Lord Bute was a private man who eschewed publicity and grand gestures and refused to take part in the activities of the House of Lords on the grounds that "the scene" was uncongenial.[2] After his second marriage, he restored Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.[3]
On his father's death in 1956, Crichton-Stuart inherited his titles as well as estates in Wales, England, and Scotland, including six castles and a highly esteemed collection of European paintings.[2] To settle death duties, he sold property in Cardiff to the city corporation and transferred Robert Adam houses on the south side of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to the National Trust for Scotland. On the north side he transferred the central pavilion (5/6/7): 6 Charlotte Square, which he also transferred, became the official residence of the Secretary of State for Scotland and is known as Bute House due to its connection to him.[3] No 7 is open to the public as The Georgian House.
In 1982, he was elected a Fellow of the
From 1983 to 1988, he was Chairman of the
He was
He held office in the
Lord Bute died of cancer at Mount Stuart House on 21 July 1993.[6]
Family
On 19 April 1955, he married, firstly, Beatrice Nicola Grace Weld-Forester (b. 19 November 1933), daughter of Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld-Forester and wife Anne Grace Christian Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray, and they divorced in 1977.[1] They had four children:
- Lady Sophia Ann Crichton-Stuart (born 27 February 1956),[1] wife of the rock musician Jimmy Bain[7]
- Lady Caroline Eileen Crichton-Stuart (21 February 1957 – 1984)[1]
- Johnny Dumfries or John Bute. Raced in Formula One
- Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart (born 14 May 1961)[1]
In 1978 he married, secondly, Jennifer, daughter of John Home-Rigg and former wife of Gerald Percy.[1] Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute, is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.[8]
Appointments
- Convener of ButeshireCounty Council (1967–1970)
- Countryside Commission for Scotland (1970–1978)
- Development Commission (1973–1978)
- Oil Development Council for Scotland (1973–1978)
- Council of the Royal Society of Arts (1990–1992)
- Board of the British Council (1987–1992)
- Scottish Standing Committee for Voluntary International Aid, Chairman/President (1964–1968/1968–1975)
- Scottish Committee of the National Fund for Research into Crippling Diseases (1966–1993), Chairman
- Museums Advisory Board (Scotland), Chairman (1984–1985)
- Historic Buildings Councilfor Scotland (1983–1988), Chairman
- National Galleries of Scotland, Trustee (1980–1987)
- Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow (1992)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles (2003), Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (107th ed.), Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, p. 2947
- ^ a b c d e Jones, Peter. "John Crichton_Stuart" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ required.)
- ^ Independent (newspaper) obituary, 22 July 1993
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Dalyell, Tam (22 July 1993). "Obituary: The Marquess of Bute". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Mowat, Bill (15 February 2016). "Jimmy Bain". The Herald. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2019. Obituary
- ^ "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.