Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute
(1718-1794)
BIRTH
January 19, 1718
PLACE
Istanbul
NAME
Mary Wortley Montagu
DEATH
November 6, 1794
PLACE
London
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HUSBAND
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
(1713-1792)
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Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute (1718–1794), was born Mary Wortley Montagu in Constantinople while her father served as ambassador. She married John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, in 1736 and raised eleven children. Created Baroness Mount Stuart in her own right in 1761, she inherited substantial Wortley family property. Her mother, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and daughter Louisa were writers. Her inherited title distinguishes her from those writers and Mary, Queen of Scots.
EARLY LIFE
Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute was born Jan 19, 1718 in Istanbul. The external genealogical record identifies Sir Edward Wortley Montagu and Mary Wortley Montagu 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 Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute with the following work or social roles: politician. These labels provide the clearest documented basis for describing this person’s public or economic activity. Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute died Nov 6, 1794 in London. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
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Created Baroness Mount Stuart in her own right in 1761, she inherited substantial Wortley family property. The available external biographical record associates Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute with the following work or social roles: politician. Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute died Nov 6, 1794 in London. 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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