| Marquessate of the County of Bute | |
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| Creation date | 2 February 1796 |
| Created by | King George III |
| Peerage | Peerage of Great Britain |
| First holder | John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute |
| Present holder | John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute |
| Heir presumptive | Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart |
| Remainder to | the 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Lord Mount Stuart; Baron Cardiff; Viscount of Kingarth; Viscount Mountjoy; Earl of Bute; Earl of Windsor; Earl of Dumfries |
| Status | Extant |
| Seat(s) | Mount Stuart House |
| Former seat(s) | Cardiff Castle, Dumfries House, Castell Coch, House of Falkland, Luton Hoo |
| Motto | Over the centre Crest: NOBILIS EST IRA LEONIS (The wrath of the lion is noble) Over the dexter Crest: GOD SEND GRACE Over the sinister Crest: Avito viret honore (He flourishes in ancestral honour) |
| Currently the Earldom of Dumfries resides with the Marquesses of Bute. However, it can be inherited through the female line through an amendment to its original creation, and the title could be separated from the Marquessate of Bute should heirs presumptive to the titles of Bute and Dumfries, being male and female respectively, inherit. | |
Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute,[2] is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1851). Encyclopaedia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H.G. Bohn. p. 989. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Sir William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "BUTE, Marquesses of Bute, Cardiff Castle, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.