Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, (19 August 1880 – 16 May 1947), was an

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aristocrat who was a daughter of

Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, (23 August 1846 – 9 June 1921) was an Anglo-Irish Conservative Member of Parliament. He was Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Louth and Lord Lieutenant of Louth. He was Senator of the Royal Universi ...

, and Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of

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Marriage and children

On 6 July 1905, she married

John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, KT (20 June 1881 – 25 April 1947), was a Scottish peer. Biography Lord Bute was born at Chiswick House in Chiswick, London. He was the son of The 3rd Marquess of Bute and Hon. Gwendolen Fitzalan ...

(1881-1947), son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard. Their wedding was held at Castle Bellingham, in the village of Castlebellingham in

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, Ireland, and was followed by a party at

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in Scotland. A film company was hired to film the event; and it served as one of the earliest examples of the aristocratic classes making a private film. Both her father and her father-in-law were noted converts to

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. After her marriage, Augusta Bellingham was styled as The Marchioness of Bute and her married name became Crichton-Stuart. She and her husband had seven children. * Lady Mary Crichton-Stuart (8 May 1906 – 1980); married Edward Walker and had children * Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of the County of Bute (4 August 1907 – 14 August 1956); married Lady Eileen Beatrice Forbes and had children * Lady Jean Crichton-Stuart (28 October 1908 – 23 October 1995); married Lt.-Cmdr. Hon. James Bertie and had two sons; her elder son was Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his death in 2008. * Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart (12 December 1909 – 1976); married Lady Janet Egida Montgomerie (1911–1999), daughter of Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton, and had children. * Lord David Crichton-Stuart (8 February 1911 – 1970)); married Ursula Packe and had children. * Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart (1 February 1913 – 5 February 1956); married Jane von Bahr and had children. * Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (4 June 1917 – 25 June 1969); married Selina van Wijk and had children.

War service

During the

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, the marchioness opened up the family home at

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as a military hospital. She herself trained to carry out nursing duties, at the Scottish General Hospital at Stobhill. In recognition of her services, she was invested as a

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(DBE) in 1918. She was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and decorated with the Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth of Belgium.

Death

Lord Bute died on 25 April 1947, aged 65. Lady Bute followed almost a month later on 16 May 1947, aged 66.

References

External links

Profile
Peerage.com; accessed 26 March 2016.

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