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	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A close relative of the Campbell clan (his mother was a daughter of the First Duke of Argyll), Bute succeeded to the earldom upon his father's death in 1723.
		Bute arranged for Prince George and his brother Edward to follow a course of lectures on natural philosophy by the itinerant lecturer Stephen Demainbray.
		This led to an increased interest in natural philosophy on the part of the young prince and was one in a series of events that led to the establishment of the George III Collection of natural philosophical instruments.
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	EARLS OF MINTO - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS OF MINTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The elder Sir Gilbert was sentenced to death for his share in the rising of the earl of Argyll in 5685, but was afterwards pardoned; the younger Sir Gilbert was a scholar and an agriculturist.
		The earls second son was Admiral Sir George Elliot (1784 1863), who as a youth was present at the battles of Cape St Vincent and the Nile, and who was secretary to the admiralty from 1830 to 1834.
		GILBERT ELLIOT-MIJRRAY-KYNYNMOND, 2nd earl of Minto (1782-1859), eldest son of the 1st earl, was ambassador to Berlin from 1832 to 1834, first lord of the admiralty from 1835 to 1841 and lord privy seal from 1846 to 5852.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MI/MINTO_EARLS_OF.htm (812 words)

	John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (1713--92)
		In 1756, Bute was appointed Groom of the Stole in Prince George's household.
		Bute remained a friend of the king, continuing to advise him until George III broke with him in 1766.
		Bute bought the Luton Hoo estate in Bedfordshire in 1763 and went to live there towards the end of that year although he continued to sit in the House of Lords.
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	Encyclopedia: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bute shown within Argyll and Bute Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland.
		Scottish politicians James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (before 1696–January 28, 1723) was the son of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute and Agnes Mackenzie.
		John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (June 30, 1744â€“November 16, 1814) was the son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Stuart,-3rd-Earl-of-Bute (3501 words)

	Bute County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bute County is a former county located in the state of North Carolina.
		It was named for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763.
		In 1779 Bute County was divided into Franklin County and Warren County, and ceased to exist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bute_County,_North_Carolina (95 words)

	The ministry of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (May 1762-April 1763)
		The Earl of Bute was a Scottish nobleman who had become a friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who is reported to have said: "Bute, you are the very man to be enjoy at some small proud German court where there is nothing to do".
		Bute, who was not an experienced politician, was given Cabinet rank in 1760 and in 1761 the king appointed Bute as Secretary of State for Northern Department (Home Affairs).
		Bute resigned on 8 April 1763 and was succeeded as PM by George Grenville.
	www.historyhome.co.uk /c-eight/ministry/butemin.htm (1258 words)

	John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (1713-92) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Earl of Bute was born in Edinburgh on 25 May 1713 although the family home was on the Isle of Bute.
		Bute was the first Scottish born British Prime Minister and the first Tory to be PM after the Glorious Revolution.
		Bute was educated at Eton and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he was awarded a Degree in civil and public law.
	www.dialspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/adw03/pms/bute.htm (687 words)

	MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE - LoveToKnow Article on MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
		CHARLES BLOUNT, earl of Devonshire and 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563-1606), lord-lieutenant of Ireland, grandson of the preceding, was the most notable of the later holders of the title.
		In 1602 the earl of Tyrone made his submission to Mountjoy in Dublin (see O'NEILL); and on the accession of James I. Mountjoy was continued in his office with the more distinguished title of lord-lieutenant.
		In the same year he was appointed to command, with the rank of rear-admiral, the expedition for the relief of Rochelle; in 1634 he was made master of the ordnance.
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	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (May 25, 1713 - March 10, 1792), was a ScotlandScottish nobilitynobleman who served as Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III of Great BritainGeorge III/.
		A close relative of the Campbell clan (his mother was a daughter of the Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of ArgyllFirst Duke of Argyll), Bute succeeded to the earldom upon his father's death in 1723.
		Bute soon became a close associate of the Prince, and was chosen by him as tutor for his son, George III of the United KingdomPrince George.
	www.infothis.com /find/John_Stuart,_3rd_Earl_of_Bute (540 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - John Stuart
		Bute became prime minister two years after George III accession to the throne in 1760.
		Bute had been his tutor and friend prior to becoming king and as such had encouraged him to exercise his royal powers when he did so.
		The King was advised by Bute and wanted him as prime minister, but William Pitt was a better wartime leader and the Seven Years' War was on at the time.
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	John Stuart
		In April, 1737, on a vacancy occurring in the representation of the Scottish peerage, the earl of Bute was chosen to fill it: he was re-chosen at the general elections of 1761, 1768, and 1774.
		In his first introduction to court life, lord Bute had the good fortune to ingratiate himself with the princess of Wales, mother of George III., who admitted him to that close superintendence of the education of her son, which was the foundatiton of all his historical importance.
		In 1750, he was appointed one of the lords of the bed-chamber to Frederick, prince of Wales; and on the settlement or the household of the heir apparent, in 1756, the earl of Bute was appointed his groom of the stole.
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	The Earl of Bute
		The Earl of Bute, in 1762, became Premier, with George Grenville, who prided himself on his knowledge of the science of finance, as his chancellor of the exchequer.
		Bute, in a reply to a letter from Lord Melcombe congratulating the former on being delivered of a most impracticable colleague (Mr.
		When Bute became prime minister, the opposition press attacked him without mercy, and innumerable caricatures appeared: some of the latter were coarse and indecent.
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	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Succeeding to his father's earldom in 1723, he remained aloof from politics until he met (1747) and won the favour of Friedrich Ludwig (1701-1751), prince of Wales, son of King George II.
		Upon Frederick's death in 1751, Bute became the constant companion and confidant of the prince's son George, heir to the throne, whose tutor he had been.
		Bute replaced Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, as first lord of the Treasury (in effect, prime minister) in May 1762, and in February 1763 he signed the Treaty of Paris, which made peace with France but was extremely unpopular in England.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Bute/Bute.html (273 words)

	Bute, 3d Earl of Biography / Biography of Bute, 3d Earl of Biography Biography
		In 1737, when he was 24, Bute was elected to the English Parliament as one of the Scottish peers nominated by Lord Islay.
		For another 3 years Bute retained the confidence of George III, and his influence over the King continued to be a major source of political friction and popular grievance.
		Subsequently Bute played little part in active politics, and in 1780 he retired from Parliament to spend the last years of his life in the study of literature and science.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-bute-3d-earl-of/index.html (604 words)

	Definition of Earl
		An official defining characteristic of an earl consisted of the receipt of the "third penny" of the revenues of justice of a shire.
		Thus we find the "earl of Shrewsbury" (Shropshire), "earl of Arundel" or "earl of Chichester" (Sussex), "earl of Winchester" (Hampshire), etc. In a few cases the earl was traditionally addressed by his family name, e.g.
		The eldest son of an Earl generally bears the courtesy title of Viscount or Lord; one refers to a younger son of an earl as the Honourable [Forename] [Surname] and to a daughter as Lady [Forename] [Surname] (Lady Diana Spencer furnishing a well-known example).
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Earl (717 words)

	William Pitt (the Elder), Earl of Chatham (1708 -- 1778)
		The new king, George III, and his advisers - particularly the Earl of Bute - were reluctant to extend the war.
		Bute found the burdens of office too much to bear and in 1763 was replaced by George Grenville, Pitt's brother-in-law who was PM until July 1765.
		The affair was shown in cartoons as Bute attacking liberties of Englishman because the Earl of Bute was a Scot and Scottish soldiers were called out to quell the riots.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/chatham.html (2247 words)

	GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF HALIFAX - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF HALIFAX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		, 2ND EARL OF (1716 1771), son of George Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax (of the second creaf ion), was born on the 5th or 6th of October 1716, becomin8 earl of Halifax on his fathers death in 1739.
		He became secretary of state for the northern department under the earl of Bute in October 1762, retaining this post under George Grenville and being one of the three ministers to whom George III.
		With his colleagues the earl left office in July 1765, returning to the cabinet as lord privy seal under his nephew, Lord North, in January 1770.
	1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HALIFAX_GEORGE_MONTAGU_DUNK_2ND_EARL_OF.htm (386 words)

	Writs of Assistance
		His tutor and confidential adviser, the Earl of Bute, was a gay Scottish nobleman of handsome person, pleasing address, possessed of moderate mental endowments, and was narrow in his political views.
		Bute's idea concerning the American colonies was that they should be brought into absolute subjection to the British Parliament, by force if necessary, and to do this, he advised the employment of measures for reforming the colonial charters.
		Acting upon the advice of Bute, the king sent secret agents over the sea to travel in the colonies; make the acquaintance of leading men; collect information about the character and temper of the people, and bring together facts and conclusions that would enable ministers to judge what regulations and alterations might be safely made.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/writsofa_b.html (1717 words)

	Faction Paradox - In the Year of the Cat
		Justine, Eliza and the Sieur d’Eon attempt to confront the Earl of Bute in the Service’s meeting hall, but he casts a ritual to summon protection and flees.
		In fact, Bute is not the one who controls the automata, though the Snake responded to his ritual as it had been programmed to do.
		The Earl of Bute, meanwhile, has been given food for thought: Lolita mentioned that her bloodline was spreading through time and space, and Bute is starting to wonder what that implies about the Queen’s son, Prince George.
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	Isle of Bute - the Jewel in Scotland's Firth of Clyde
		Bute is the ancestral home of the Stuart Kings of Scotland.
		Under the 2nd Earl of Bute the Stuart family moved 7 miles to the south of Rothesay and built Mount Stuart House on an estate of 300 acres.
		This original Mount Stuart house was partially destroyed in a disastrous fire in 1877, however the 3rd Marquess of Bute was inspired by his artistic, religious and astrological interests to build one of the most magnificent Victorian Gothic mansions in the world.
	www.isle-of-bute.com /history.htm (688 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Stuart of Bute : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His grandson, Sir James Stuart of Bute, was appointed to manage the estates and to be colonel of the local militia on the forfeiture of the Earl of Argyll in 1681.
		After the succession of George I, the Earl of Bute was appointed Commissioner for Trade and Police in Scotland, Lord Lieutenant of Bute and a lord of the bedchamber.
		He succeeded his father as Earl of Bute in 1792, and in 1796 he was advanced to the rank of marquess.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Stuart_of_Bute_131 (1074 words)

	Bute, John Stuart, 3d earl of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was prominent as a friend of Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, as early as 1747 and became the tutor of Frederick's impressionable son, the future George III.
		When George became king in 1760, Bute was appointed a privy councilor, first gentleman of the bedchamber, and (Mar., 1761) a secretary of state.
		After the resignation (Oct., 1761) of William Pitt (later earl of Chatham) from office, Bute became chief minister.
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	BUTE HOUSE
		Not to be confused with that other Bute House which is today the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland in the heart of Edinburgh, the London Bute House is named after an unpopular 18th century Scotish nobleman who was British prime minister for one year (May 1762-April 1763).
		The Bute family are direct descendants of King Robert the Bruce whose daughter Marjorie married Walter, the then "Steward of Bute", in 1315.
		If parts of Bute House's basement were seriously damaged, the embassy's garage and its six cars including the prize Mercedes, the American Studebaker and the economical embassy Austin, were safe.
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	George III -> Early Reign on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After his father's early death (1751), young George was educated for his future role as king by his domineering mother, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and by John Stuart, earl of Bute.
		This suspicion appeared justified when the successful and popular William Pitt, later earl of Chatham, was allowed to resign (1761) and was replaced by Bute.
		Bute, however, could not muster parliamentary support and resigned in 1763, and George, who matured rapidly in office, quickly outgrew his dependence on him.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/georg3gb_earlyreign.asp (653 words)

	Colonial Hall: The Biographies of the Founding Fathers
		John, Earl of Bute, was the pupil and favorite companion of George III.
		Azong other measures advised by Bute, was the employment of men, in secret service, in different parts of the realm, to keep the King advised of all that in any way effected the power, stability and glory of the crown.
		Bute, however, was right in his conjecture about the independent spirit which the German immigrants would evince, if occasion should offer, for when the Revolution broke forth, almost the entire German population, numbering about two hundred thousand, took side with the patriots.
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	Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His services were too great to be neglected, and in 1714 he was created Earl of Clare, and in 1715 Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
		He also became lord-lieutenant of the counties of Middlesex and Nottingham and a Knight of the Garter in 1718, in which year he increased his Whig connection by marrying Lady Henrietta Godolphin, granddaughter of the great Duke of Marlborough.
		However, he was blamed for Great Britain's poor efforts in the French and Indian War (fought in the North American colonies), and in November 1756 he gave place to the Duke of Devonshire.
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	Earl of Bute
		Bute succeeded the Duke of Newcastle as Prime Minister, not through political expertise but through personal connections.
		Despite bringing peace, Bute proved deeply unpopular in England for reasons including his nationality (many in England were still distrustful of the Scots after the Jacobite Rising of 1745 - 6).
		The Earl of Bute was the first Scottish-born PM, and the first Tory to hold the office.
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	scottish history, culture scotland, scottish heritage - Tartan Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The grandfather clock at the foot of the stairs was given to Bute House by Mr and Mrs Eric Ivory.
		In 1966 the Bute House Trustees commissioned the suite of reproduction mahogany ladderback dining chairs which are based on the 18th century originals at Penicuik House.
		Earl Bute commissioned a new country house at Luton in Bedfordshire from Robert Adam.
	www.tartanday.gov.uk /bute-house.html (1060 words)

	Wilkes, Liberty, and Number 45
		He spent much of his early career twitting John Stuart, the Earl of Bute, and learning how to use his talent for ridicule to gain international fame.
		Bute had been tutor to the Prince of Wales, and became prime minister soon after the prince became King George III in 1760.
		Whatever Bute's qualifications as an administrator, he was a poor communicator; he therefore hired novelist and historian Tobias Smollett to edit a government-friendly newspaper, The Briton.
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