John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (4 August 1907 – 14 August 1956), was the son of
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, and Augusta Bellingham.
Marriage and children
On 26 April 1932, he married Lady Eileen Beatrice Forbes (1912–1993), a daughter of
Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, by his wife
Beatrice Mills, an American socialite who was the daughter of
Ogden Mills. They had four children:
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John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (27 February 1933 – 22 July 1993)
# Lord David Crichton-Stuart (27 February 1933 – 1977)
# Lord James Crichton-Stuart (17 September 1935 – 5 December 1982). He married and divorced the fashion model
Sarah Frances Croker-Poole, who later married the Muslim religious leader
Aga Khan IV
Prince Karim al-Husseini (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025), known as the Aga Khan IV, was the 49th Imamah, imam of Imamate in Nizari doctrine, Nizari Isma'ilism from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the Imamate in Nizari doctrine ...
, converted to Islam, took the name '
Salimah Aga Khan' and became the mother of three children by the Aga Khan, including his probable heir,
Rahim Aga Khan.
# Lady Caroline Moira Fiona Crichton-Stuart (born 7 January 1941)
Interests
The Marquess was an expert
ornithologist
Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...
; in 1931 he bought the islands of
St Kilda to preserve them as a bird sanctuary, leaving them to the National Trust for Scotland in 1956.
In 1953, the Marchioness of Bute and Lady St David's Fund was set up to encourage and support women to train as nurses and midwives in south Wales.
See also
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Falkland Palace
Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times.
Today it is under th ...
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1907 births
1956 deaths
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Vice-lieutenants of Buteshire
Scottish ornithologists
20th-century British zoologists