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  John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute Summary
John Stuart was born in Edinburgh of aristocratic Scottish parents.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, KG, PC (25 May 1713 10 March 1792) was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762–1763) under George III.
Bute arranged for Prince George and his brother Edward to follow a course of lectures on natural philosophy by the itinerant lecturer Stephen Demainbray.
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  Encyclopedia: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich (October 10, 1678 - October 4, 1743) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.
Bute shown within Argyll and Bute Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland.
John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (June 30, 1744–November 16, 1814) was the son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart.
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 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (May 25, 1713 - March 10, 1792), was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III.
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.
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 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Yet Bute had good principles and intentions, was inspired by feelings of sincere affection and loyalty for his sovereign, and his character remains untarnished by the grosser accusations raised by faction.
Bute filled the offices of ranger of Richmond Forest, governor of the Charterhouse, chancellor of Marischal College, Aberdeen (1761), trustee of the British Museum (1765), president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1780) and commissioner of Chelsea hospital.
John, Lord Mount Stuart (1767-1794), the son and heir of the 1st marquess, died before his father, and consequently in 1814 the Bute titles and estates came to his son John (1793-1848) as 2nd marquess.
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STUART, JOHN, third earl of Bute, and prime minister of Great Britain, was the eldest son of the second earl of Bute, by lady Anne Campbell, daughter of Archibald, first duke of Argyle.
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 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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 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.
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 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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/.
He was brought up thereafter by his maternal uncles, the John Campbell, 2nd Duke of ArgyllDuke of Argyll and the Archibald Campbell, 3rd Earl of IlayEarl of Ilay, and studied at Eton CollegeEton and the University of Leiden.
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.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - John III (of Portugal)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John III (of Portugal), in Portuguese, João III (1502-1557), King of Portugal (1521-1557), the son of King Emanuel.
In 1530 the Portuguese king John III initiated a programme of systematic Brazilian colonization.
John VI, (Port., João VI) (1769-1826), King of Portugal (1816-1826), son of Queen Maria I of Portugal and her prince consort Peter III.
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 thePeerage.com - Herbert Hickman-Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor of Blackcastle and others
She married Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of the County of Bute, son of John Stuart, Viscount Mount Stuart and Lady Elizabeth Penelope MacDowall-Crichton, on 10 April 1845 in Loudoun Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
     Sir John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute was born on 12 September 1847 in Mount Stuart, Bute, Scotland.
She married Sir John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute, son of Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of the County of Bute and Lady Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings, on 16 April 1872.
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 John Wilkes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Wilkes (October 17, 1727 – December 26, 1797) was an (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English radical, journalist and politician.
Bute resigned in 1763 but Wilkes was equally opposed to his successor, (Click link for more info and facts about George Grenville) George Grenville.
He was charged with seditious (A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person) libel over attacks on the King's speech at the opening of Parliament in issue Number 45 of April 23, 1763.
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 BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792) - Encyclopedia Britannica - BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792) - ...
With the young prince, the future king, Bute's intimacy was equally marked; he became his constant companion and confidant, and used his influence to inspire him with animosity against the Whigs and with the high notions of the sovereign's powers and duties found in Bolingbroke's Patriot King and Blackstone's Commentaries.
Yet Bute had good principles and intentions, was inspired by feelings of sincere affection and loyalty for his sovereign, and his character remains untarnished by the grosser accusations raised by faction.
Bute filled the offices of ranger of Richmond Forest, governor of the Charter-house, chancellor of Marischal College, Aberdeen (1761), trustee of the British Museum (1765), president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (178o) and commissioner of Chelsea hospital.
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 Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - John Stuart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
Bute was attacked in the Press and in Parliament.
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 MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE - LoveToKnow Article on MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
WILLIAM, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy (1709-1769), was in 1745 created earl of Blesington, his mother having been sister and sole heiress of Charles, 2nd and last Viscount Blesington.
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 Earl of Bute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Stuart, the son of 2nd Earl of Bute, was born in 1713.
Bute continued to advise George III and members of the House of Commons complained that he was attempting to undermine the new Prime Minister, George Grenville.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, died in 1792.
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 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bute soon became a close associate of the Prince, and was chosen by him as tutor for his son, Prince George.
Following the Prince's death, Bute became close to his widow, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the Dowager Princess of Wales.
It was rumoured that the couple were having an affair, but this was almost certainly untrue, Bute being a deeply religious man and happily married.
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 John Wilkes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Wilkes (October 17, 1727–December 26, 1797) was an English radical, journalist and politician.
Wilkes was born in London, the son of the distiller Israel Wilkes.
Bute resigned in 1763 but Wilkes was equally opposed to his successor, George Grenville.
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 John Stuart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page is about various people named John Stuart; for the host of the Daily Show, see Jon Stewart.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762-1763.
John McDouall Stuart (1815-1866), an Australian explorer, the first European to successfully traverse the continent from south to north.
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 George Grenville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In June 1747 Grenville became a Lord of the Treasurylord of the treasury, and in 1754 Treasurer of the Navytreasurer of the navy and Privy Councilprivy councillor/.
He remained in office in 1761, when his brother William Pitt the Elder (by then created Earl of Chatham) resigned upon the question of the war with Spain, and in the administration of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of ButeLord Bute functioned as Leader of the House of Commons.
In May 1762 he was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department, and in October First Lord of the Admiralty; and in April 1763 he became First Lord of the Treasuryfirst lord of the treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequerchancellor of the exchequer/.
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 Bute County, North Carolina -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bute County is a former (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) county located in the (The way something is with respect to its main attributes) state of (A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies) North Carolina.
It was named for (Click link for more info and facts about John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute) John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Great Britain) Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763.
In 1779 Bute County was divided into (Click link for more info and facts about Franklin County) Franklin County and (Click link for more info and facts about Warren County) Warren County, and ceased to exist.
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a major figure in eighteenth century Britain.
The 3rd Earl was a noted patron of the arts.
He also secured a pension for Dr Samuel Johnson, devoted much time to the study of botany and was one of the founders of Kew Gardens.
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 Bute, Glamorgan Estate | Cardiff - Capital of Wales Articles
Administrative/Biographical history: John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart, (1767-94), was the eldest of the seven sons and two daughters of the first marriage of John Stuart, 1st Marquis of Bute (1744-1814), to Charlotte Jane, daughter and eventual sole heir of Herbert Hickman-Windsor, viscount Windsor.
John spent his infancy in the care of his mother and her parents at Dumfries House.
The 1st marquis left almost all of his personal estate to his second wife, with the remainder to her son, Lord Douglas Coutts Stuart; the estate was bought back by the 2nd marquis for £32,000.
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