Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute

Who was Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute?

Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute and 1st Baroness Mount Stuart was the daughter of Sir Edward Wortley Montagu and Lady Mary Pierrepont.

On 27 August 1736, she married the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and had at least nine children by him:

Lady Mary Stuart, who married James Lowther, later the 1st Earl of Lonsdale, on 7 September 1761

John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute

Lady Anne Stuart, who married Lord Warkworth, later the 2nd Duke of Northumberland, on 2 July 1764

The Hon. James Archibald Stuart

Lady Jane Stuart, who married George Macartney, later the 1st Earl Macartney, on 1 February 1768.

The Hon. Sir Charles Stuart

The Most Rev. and Hon. William Stuart, Archbishop of Armagh

Lady Caroline Stuart, who married The Hon. John Dawson, later the 1st Earl of Portarlington, on 1 January 1778.

Lady Louisa Stuart