"Earl of Windsor" and "Earl of Bute" redirect here. For the British prime minister, see John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
Marquessate of the County of Bute
Arms of the Marquess of Bute: Quarterly, 1st & 4th, Or, a Fess chequy Azure and Argent within a Double-Tressure flory counterflory Gules (for Stuart); 2nd & 3rd,, Argent a Lion rampant Azure (for Crichton).[1]
Creation date
2 February 1796
Created by
King George III
Peerage
Peerage of Great Britain
First holder
John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute
Present holder
John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute
Heir presumptive
Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart
Remainder to
the 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Lord Mount Stuart; Baron Cardiff; Viscount of Kingarth; Viscount Mountjoy; Earl of Bute; Earl of Windsor; Earl of Dumfries
Status
Extant
Seat(s)
Mount Stuart House
Former seat(s)
Cardiff Castle, Dumfries House, Castell Coch, House of Falkland, Luton Hoo
Motto
Over the centre Crest: NOBILIS EST IRA LEONIS (The wrath of the lion is noble) Over the dexter Crest: GOD SEND GRACE Over the sinister Crest: Avito viret honore (He flourishes in ancestral honour)
Currently the Earldom of Dumfries resides with the Marquesses of Bute. However, it can be inherited through the female line through an amendment to its original creation, and the title could be separated from the Marquessate of Bute should heirs presumptive to the titles of Bute and Dumfries, being male and female respectively, inherit.
Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute,[2] is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.
^Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1851). Encyclopaedia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H.G. Bohn. p. 989. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^Sir William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "BUTE, Marquesses of Bute, Cardiff Castle, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
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north side of the square and was designed by Robert Adam. Bute House was conveyed to the National Trust for Scotland by the 6th MarquessofBute in 1966...
being inherited by the MarquessesofBute, where it remains today. The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr and Lord Sanquhar...
century, Cardiff Castle passed into the hands of the Stuart dynasty, MarquessesofBute. The 1st MarquessofBute employed Capability Brown and Henry Holland...
estates in South Wales. John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd MarquessofBute, inherited the castle in 1848. One of Britain's wealthiest men, with interests in architecture...
The Isle ofBute (Scots: Buit; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach), known as Bute (/bjuːt/), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland...
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and parkland that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle. The park is named after the 3rd MarquessofBute, whose family owned the castle. The Castle...
and 1928, and Castell Coch (1872–91), both of which were built for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd MarquessofBute. Other significant buildings include Gayhurst...
formerly part of Cardiff Castle grounds. The present day character of the area owes much to successive holders of the title the MarquessofBute, and especially...
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