John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
(1713-1792)
BIRTH
May 25, 1713
PLACE
Parliament Square
DEATH
March 10, 1792
PLACE
Grosvenor Square
FAMILY
FATHER
Anne Stuart
(1745-1780)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Jack Boot
POLITICAL VIEWS
CIDER TAX ADVOCATE
BRITISH TORY PARTY MEMBER
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER RECIPIENT
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a Scottish statesman and George III's former tutor who served as Britain's prime minister from 1762 to 1763. His rise followed the king's accession in 1760, and his government negotiated peace at the end of the Seven Years' War. A tax on cider deepened his unpopularity and helped undermine his administration. Beyond politics, he pursued botany and collected art. He resigned in 1763 and died in London in 1792.
EARLY LIFE
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute was born May 25, 1713 in Parliament Square. The external genealogical record identifies James Stuart and Lady Anne Campbell as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
The available external biographical record associates John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute with the following work or social roles: botanist, politician, art collector. These labels provide the clearest documented basis for describing this person’s public or economic activity. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute died Mar 10, 1792 in Grosvenor Square. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a Scottish statesman and George III's former tutor who served as Britain's prime minister from 1762 to 1763. A tax on cider deepened his unpopularity and helped undermine his administration. Beyond politics, he pursued botany and collected art. His botanical work culminated in the publication of Botanical Tables Containing the Families of British Plants in 1785. The available external biographical record associates John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute with the following work or social roles: botanist, politician, art collector. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute died Mar 10, 1792 in Grosvenor Square. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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