Sophia Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute
(1809–1859)
BIRTH
February 1, 1809
PLACE
NAME
Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings
DEATH
December 28, 1859
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Francis Rawdon
(1754-1826)
MOTHER
Flora Mure-Campbell
(1780-1840)
BROTHER
George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings
(1808-1844)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
PROTESTANT
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sophia Rawdon-Hastings (1809–1859), Marchioness of Bute, married John Crichton-Stuart, the second Marquess, in 1845. Widowed in 1848, she took an active interest in Cardiff’s public spaces. She commissioned Sophia Gardens, designed by Alexander Roos on former farmland beside the River Taff and opened to the public in 1858. The gardens helped replace access lost when the castle grounds were closed. Her son, John, inherited the marquessate as an infant.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Lady Sophia Rawdon-Hastings’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Lady Sophia Rawdon-Hastings is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Sophia Rawdon-Hastings died on Dec 28, 1859. Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Bute, married John Crichton-Stuart, the second Marquess, in 1845. Widowed in 1848, she took an active interest in Cardiff’s public spaces. She commissioned Sophia Gardens, designed by Alexander Roos on former farmland beside the River Taff and opened to the public in 1858. The gardens helped replace access lost when the castle grounds were closed. Her son, John, inherited the marquessate as an infant. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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