Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute

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The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Bute DBE, DStJ
Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, with her children
Personal details
Born	Augusta Mary Monica Bellingham 19 August 1880
Died	16 May 1947(1947-05-16) (aged 66)
Spouse(s)	John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1947)​
Children	Lady Mary Walker John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute Lord Jean Crichton-Stuart Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart Lord David Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart
Parent(s)	Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet Lady Constance Noel

Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, DBE, DStJ (19 August 1880 – 16 May 1947), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who was a daughter of Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, and Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.

Marriage and children[]

On 6 July 1905, she married John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881-1947), son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard. Their wedding was held at Castle Bellingham, in the village of Castlebellingham in County Louth, Ireland, and was followed by a party at Mount Stuart House in Scotland. A film company was hired to film the event; and it served as one of the earliest examples of the aristocratic classes making a private film.^[1]

Both her father and her father-in-law were noted converts to Roman Catholicism.

After her marriage, Augusta Bellingham was styled as The Marchioness of Bute and her married name became Crichton-Stuart. She and her husband had seven children.^[2]

• Lady Mary Crichton-Stuart (8 May 1906 – 1980); married Edward Walker and had children
• Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of the County of Bute (4 August 1907 – 14 August 1956); married Lady Eileen Beatrice Forbes and had children
• Lady Jean Crichton-Stuart (28 October 1908 – 23 October 1995); married Lt.-Cmdr. Hon. James Bertie and had two sons; her elder son was Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his death in 2008.
• Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart (12 December 1909 – 1976); married Lady Janet Egida Montgomerie (1911–1999), daughter of Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton, and had children.
• Lord David Crichton-Stuart (8 February 1911 – 1970)); married Ursula Packe and had children.
• Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart (1 February 1913 – 5 February 1956); married Jane von Bahr and had children.
• Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (4 June 1917 – 25 June 1969); married Selina van Wijk and had children.

War service[]

During the First World War, the marchioness opened up the family home at Mount Stuart as a military hospital.^[3] She herself trained to carry out nursing duties, at the Scottish General Hospital at Stobhill.

In recognition of her services, she was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918. She was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and decorated with the Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth of Belgium.

Death[]

Lord Bute died on 25 April 1947, aged 65. Lady Bute followed almost a month later on 16 May 1947, aged 66.

References[]

External links[]

• Profile, Peerage.com; accessed 26 March 2016.
• Letters, hrc.utexas.edu; accessed 26 March 2016.