Lord Colum (baptised Columba) Edmund Crichton-Stuart (KM, MP) was born on 3 April 1886 and died 18 August 1957, aged 71. Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart was the fourth child of

John Patrick Crichton-Stuart John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900) was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron. Succeeding to the marquisate at the age ...

, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute (d. 1900) and the Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard (d. 1932). He married Elizabeth Caroline Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (widow of Henry William Edmund etty-Fitzmaurice6th Marquess of Lansdowne; d. 25 Mar 1964) and the only daughter of Sir Edward Stanley Hope KCB and Constance C. Leslie. Lord Colum was educated at

Harrow Harrow may refer to: Places * Harrow, Victoria, Australia * Harrow, Ontario, Canada * The Harrow, County Wexford, a village in Ireland * London Borough of Harrow, England ** Harrow, London, a town in London ** Harrow (UK Parliament constituency) ...

and Christ Church, Oxford University, England. Lord Colum entered into the diplomatic service nominated an Attaché, June 11, 1910. Passed a competitive examination February 18, 1911. Appointed to Cairo, October 28, 1911, he was later appointed an attacheship at the British Consulate-General in Cairo working under Lord Kitchener. He was a Gold Staff Officer at the Coronation of King George V, 1911 receiving the Coronation Medal. Granted an allowance for knowledge of Arabic June 26, (he was a master of seven languages), 1912.Promoted to be a 3rd Secretary, May 10, 1913. Transferred to the Foreign Office, November 11, 1914, and to Christiania (Denmark), May 11, 1916. Again transferred to the Foreign Office, September 30, 1916. Promoted to be a 2nd Secretary, April 1, 1919. Resigned, May 1, 1919. Lord Colum stood for election in Cardiff East in December 1918, a seat once held by his brother Lord Ninian, losing to William Seager. Lord Colum's position in the civil service ended in 1920 he later served as Member of Parliament for the Northwich constituency in Cheshire from 1922 to 1945. In 1945, Lord Colum bestowed Pluscarden Priory in

Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...

, Scotland over to the Benedictine community at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, for use as a daughter house. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Bute between 1953 and 1957. He collapsed and died in 1957 while attending a service of Mass at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church at Rothesay.

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* 1886 births 1957 deaths Lord-Lieutenants of Buteshire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Younger sons of marquesses UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Colum Stuart {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub