Lord Bute

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Lord Bute was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and close adviser to King George III who briefly served as British prime minister and played a key role in early Georgian politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British prime minister ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
linked to: Lord Bute
associatedWith early government of George III ⓘ
birthDate 1713-05-25 ⓘ
burialPlace Rothesay, Isle of Bute ⓘ
linked to: Rothesay
causeOfResignation political opposition and unpopularity ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1792-03-10 ⓘ
endTime (prime minister) 1763-04-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Stuart ⓘ
fieldOfActivity court politics ⓘ
politics ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced early Georgian politics ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf British peerage ⓘ
monarchServed George III of Great Britain ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Bute ⓘ
notableEvent End of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
notableFor being the first Scottish-born British prime minister after the 1707 Union ⓘ
influence over the early reign of George III ⓘ
patronage of the arts and sciences ⓘ
notableWork Negotiation of the 1763 Treaty of Paris ⓘ
ordinalNumber 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
linked to: Lord Bute
parliamentaryFaction Tory ⓘ
politicalEra early reign of George III ⓘ
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Groom of the Stole ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
predecessor (prime minister) The Duke of Newcastle ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Newcastle
regionOfActivity Great Britain ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Highcliffe ⓘ
Luton Hoo ⓘ
spouse Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bute’s wife’s family) ⓘ
startTime (prime minister) 1762-05-26 ⓘ
successor (prime minister) George Grenville ⓘ

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George Grenville → replaces → The Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Lord Bute → alsoKnownAs → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Lord Bute → ordinalNumber → 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Bute family → notableMember → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Marquess of Bute → firstHolderTitle → John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute ⓘ
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The North Briton → criticized → the ministry of Lord Bute ⓘ
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Issue No. 45 of The North Briton → criticizes → ministry of Lord Bute ⓘ
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Mary, Countess of Bute → spouse → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Mary, Countess of Bute → spouseNobleTitle → 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute → nobleTitle → 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
subject linked to: John
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Highcliffe → associatedWith → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Highcliffe → hasNotableOwner → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Earl of Bute → hasTitleHolder → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Earl of Bute → hasTitleHolder → John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Earl of Bute → notableTitleHolder → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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Thomas Pelham-Holles → succeededByAsPrimeMinister → John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ⓘ
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