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Marquess of Bute

"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 date2 February 1796
Created byKing George III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderJohn Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute
Present holderJohn Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute
Heir presumptiveLord Anthony Crichton-Stuart
Remainder tothe 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesLord Mount Stuart; Baron Cardiff; Viscount of Kingarth; Viscount Mountjoy; Earl of Bute; Earl of Windsor; Earl of Dumfries
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Mount Stuart House
Former seat(s)Cardiff Castle, Dumfries House, Castell Coch, House of Falkland, Luton Hoo
MottoOver 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Sir William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "BUTE, Marquesses of Bute, Cardiff Castle, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.

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