Origins of the Clan The
Stewards or
Seneschals of
Dol in
Brittany came to
Scotland through
Normandy and
England when
David I of Scotland returned in 1124 to claim his throne. the
Isle of Bute, the
Isle of Arran and the
Isle of Cumbrae. was the father of Ninian Stewart who was confirmed in the office of Sheriff of Bute as well as the lands of Ardmaleish,
Greenan, the Mill of Kilcatten and also Corrigillis. He concluded a treaty with
France in 1763 which brought to an end the
Seven Years' War. He was succeeded by his son,
John Stewart, Lord Mount Stuart, Cumra and Inchmarnock, who married Lady Elizabeth Penelope McDouall-Crichton, the only daughter, child and heiress of
Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th
Earl of Dumfries, etc., in the Peerage of Scotland, and wife Margaret Crauford. In 1796 his rank as 3rd Earl of Bute was advanced to 1st
Marquess of Bute in the
Peerage of Great Britain.
19th century John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, was a noted
Member of Parliament in the
House of Commons and
industrialist who is largely responsible for developing the
docks in
Cardiff to rival those in
Liverpool. By the time of his successor's death in 1900, Cardiff had become the greatest
coal port in the World.
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, industrial
magnate,
antiquarian,
scholar,
philanthropist, and
architectural patron, rebuilt
Castell Coch and
Cardiff Castle as tributes to the high art of the
Middle Ages and was created a
Knight-Companion of the
Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.
20th century John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, was a passionate in
Architecture who was also created a Knight-Companion of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, while his son
John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute, a maternal descendant of
William IV of the United Kingdom by
Dorothea Bland, was an expert in
Ornithology. He was succeeded by his son,
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, who had a passion for Scottish heritage and received a Knight-Commander degree of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his efforts before he died in 1993. ==Clan Chief==