John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute
The Marquess of Bute | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1907 |
| Died | 14 August 1956 (aged 49) |
| Spouse |
Lady Eileen Forbes (m. 1932) |
| Children | John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute Lord David Crichton-Stuart Lord James Crichton-Stuart Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart |
| Parent(s) | John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute Augusta Bellingham |
John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (4 August 1907 – 14 August 1956[1]), was the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, and Augusta Bellingham.
Marriage and children
On 26 April 1932, Bute, then the Earl of Dumfries, married Lady Eileen Beatrice Forbes (1912–1993), a daughter of Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, by his wife Beatrice Mills, an American socialite who was the daughter of Ogden Mills. They had four children:
- John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (27 February 1933 – 22 July 1993)
- Lord David Crichton-Stuart (27 February 1933 – 1977)
- Lord James Crichton-Stuart (17 September 1935 – 5 December 1982). He married and divorced the fashion model Sarah Frances Croker-Poole, who later married the Muslim religious leader Aga Khan IV, converted to Islam, took the name 'Salimah Aga Khan' and became the mother of three children by the Aga Khan, including his successor Aga Khan V.
- Lady Caroline Moira Fiona Crichton-Stuart (born 7 January 1941)
Interests
In 1947, the then Earl succeeded his father, becoming the fifth Marquess of Bute. As part of the Bute Estate, he inherited Cardiff Castle. Facing considerable death duties,[2] he sold the very last of the Bute lands in Cardiff and gave the castle and the surrounding park to the city on behalf of the people of Cardiff; the family flag was taken down from the castle as part of the official hand-over ceremony.[3] Similarly, in 1950, he placed Castell Coch in the care of the Ministry of Works.
The Marquess was an expert ornithologist; in 1931 he bought the islands of St Kilda to preserve them as a bird sanctuary, leaving them to the National Trust for Scotland in 1956.[4]
In 1953, the Marchioness of Bute and Lady St David's Fund was set up to encourage and support women to train as nurses and midwives in south Wales.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "John Crichton-Stuart (1907–1956), 5th Marquess of Bute". Art UK.
- ^ Jones 2005, p. 52
- ^ Jenkins 2002, p. 33; Jones 2005, p. 52; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 1991, p. 172
- ^ "5th Marquess of Bute, John Crichton-Stuart (1907–1956)". Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "THE MARCHIONESS OF BUTE AND LADY ST DAVID'S FUND". Charities Commission website.
Sources
- Jenkins, Philip (2002). The Making of a Ruling Class: the Glamorgan Gentry 1640–1790. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52194-9.
- Jones, Nigel R. (2005). Architecture of England, Scotland and Wales. Westport, US: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4.
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (1991). Glamorgan: Early Castles. Cardiff, UK: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. ISBN 9780113000357.