John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Bute
PC FRS
The Most Honourable The Marquess of Bute PC FRS
	Portrait of Lord Mount Stuart, the future Marquess of Bute, at age 19, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, c. 1763
Personal details
Born	John Stuart; 30 June 1744; Mount Stuart House, Isle of Bute
Died	16 November 1814 (aged 70); Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	Scottish and British
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	Lady Charlotte Hickman-Windsor (m. 1736); Frances Coutts (m. 1800)
Children	John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart; Lord Evelyn Stuart; Lady Charlotte Stuart; Lord Henry Stuart; Lord William Stuart; Lord George Stuart; Lady Frances Stuart; Lord Dudley Stuart;
Parent(s)	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Alma mater	Winchester College; University of Oxford

Lord Mount Stuart in 1784, by Gainsborough Dupont.

John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute PC, FRS (30 June 1744 – 16 November 1814), styled Lord Mount Stuart until 1792 and known as The Earl of Bute between 1792 and 1794, was a British nobleman, coalfield owner, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1776.