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John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute 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 ...

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Charlotte Jane ''Charlotte Jane'' was one of the First Four Ships in 1850 to carry emigrants from England to the new colony of Canterbury in New Zealand. Maiden voyage The ''Charlotte Jane'' departed from England in 1848, bound for Sydney. Captain Alexander ...

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Stansted, Essex Stansted Mountfitchet is an English village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, near the Hertfordshire border, north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533, increasing to 6,011 at the 2011 census. The ...

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Herbert Mackworth Herbert Mackworth (7 September 1687 – 20 August 1765) was a Welsh landowner, coal owner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1739 to 1765. Early life Mackworth was the son of Sir Humphrey Mackworth of Gnoll, Glamorganshir ...

, successor = Lord Evelyn Stuart John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart (25 September 1767 – 22 January 1794), was a British

Tory A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The ...

politician. Mount Stuart was the son of the

, and the grandson of Prime Minister

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, (; 25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British nobleman who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under George III. He was arguabl ...

. His mother was the Hon. Charlotte Jane, daughter and heiress of

Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1 May 1707 – 25 January 1758), styled The Honourable Herbert Windsor until 1738, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1738 when he succeeded to the ...

. He was born at

, in 1767 and educated at Eton and

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for

, a seat he held until his death. He took over from his father as

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of the

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in 1791 and was also Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire between 1793 and his death.Bryn Owen, ''History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908'', Vol 2: ''The Glamorgan Regiments of Militia'', Caernarfon: Palace Books, 1990, ISBN 1-871904-01-3, p. 38 & Appendix 4. Lord Mount Stuart married Lady Elizabeth McDouall-Crichton, daughter of

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, and his wife Margaret (née Crauford), on 12 October 1792. They had two sons, who both added the surname "Crichton" before that of "Stuart" in 1805: * John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (10 August 1793 – 18 March 1848) * Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (25 August 1794 – 7 September 1859). In 1817 he obtained the rank of the son of a Marquess, which his father would have been, had he not died before ''his'' father, the 1st Marquess. Lord Mount Stuart died at Bassingbourn Hall near

, in January 1794, only 26 years of age, a month after being injured in a fall from his horse. Lady Mount Stuart survived him by three years and died in July 1797, aged 24.

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...