Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet, of

Bute Bute or BUTE may refer to: People * Marquess of Bute, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain; includes lists of baronets, earls and marquesses of Bute * Lord of Bute, a title in medieval Scotland, including a list of lords * Lucian Bute (born ...

, created 1st Earl of Bute, MP, PC (1661 – 4 June 1710), was a Scottish soldier,

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, judge and politician. He was the son of Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Ruthven, daughter of Sir John Ruthven. James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute, succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Stuart, of Bute, in the

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, in 1672. As a

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of the

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in 1681, he helped quiet

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after the rebellion of the

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. In 1684 he was appointed

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of Tarbet. He was a practising

in 1685. He was three times elected as

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for

(1685–1686, 1689–1693 and 1702–1703), and was

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in 1686. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor for Scotland, and was one of the commissioners to negotiate the union of Scotland with England in 1702. He was created 1st Viscount Kingarth, Lord Mountstuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock, and 1st Earl of Bute on 14 April 1703. In 1707 he opposed the union of Scotland and England. In July 1680, he married Agnes Mackenzie, daughter of Sir George Mackenzie and Elizabeth Dickson. He married secondly, Christian Dundas, daughter of Sir William Dundas of Kincavel and Margaret Edmonston. He died on 4 June 1710 at Bath, Somerset, and was buried at

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, Scotland. He was the father of two children by his first marriage, #Margaret Stuart (b. before 1681 – 27 April 1738) m. John Lindsay-Crawford, 1st Viscount Garnock #

James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (before 1696 – 28 January 1723) was the son of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute and Agnes Mackenzie. Family In February 1711, he married Lady Anne Campbell (daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll and ...

(b. before 1696 – 28 January 1723) by his second marriage: * John Stewart (September 6, 1700, and died at Rome, January 11, 1738)

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* 17th-century births 1710 deaths Earls of Bute Year of birth uncertain Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Scottish knights Scottish sheriffs Members of the Faculty of Advocates Members of the Privy Council of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707 Peers of Scotland created by Queen Anne {{Scotland-pre1707-MP-stub