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
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll (25 July 1658 – September 1703) was a Scottish peer.
Biography
The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter of James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray ...
and Elizabeth Tollemache) and had eight children:
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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 Tory statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under George III. He became the ...
(25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792)
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James Stuart-Mackenzie
James Stuart-Mackenzie (30 October 1718 – 8 April 1800) was a Scottish politician and joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. The second son of James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute, he served as Member of Parliament for various S ...
(b. before 1723 – c. April 1800)
*Hon. Archibald Stuart
*Lady Mary Stuart (b. c1713, d. 30 December 1773) married 31 October 1729 to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem (b. c1706, d. 1786)
[Menzies, p. 401.]
*Lady Elizabeth Stuart
*Lady Anne Stuart (b. before 1723 – 28 November 1786), married July 1736 James Johnstone (later Ruthven,
5th Lord Ruthven of Freeland)
*Lady Jean Stuart
*Lady Grace Stuart
On his death his wife remarried to
Alexander Fraser, Lord Strichen.
References
17th-century births
1723 deaths
Earls of Bute
Scottish representative peers
Parents of prime ministers of Great Britain
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