John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814), Diplomat and collector
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, was the son of the 3rd Earl of Bute. As his father's heir he was styled Lord Mountstuart from birth. Mountstuart was elected to Parliament as a Tory MP in 1766, the year that also saw his marriage to Charlotte Hickman-Windsor (daughter of the 2nd Viscount Windsor). Following the deaths of his wife's parents the Windsor estates in south Wales passed to Mountstuart, who restored Cardiff Castle. He was created Baron Cardiff in 1776. He succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Bute in 1792, and was created Viscount Mountjoy, in the Isle of Wight, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute in 1794. He served as an envoy in Turin and as British ambassador to Spain.
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
On display in Room 14 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L146
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by John Raphael Smith, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, published 1774
NPG D32469
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by John Raphael Smith, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, published 1774
NPG D937
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by and published by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1777
NPG D32465
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by and published by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1777
NPG D32466
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by and published by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1777
NPG D32476
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by William Baillie, after Nathaniel Hone
stipple engraving, 20 October 1779
NPG D32468
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by Edward Fisher, published by William Humphrey, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1783
NPG D32467
Mezzotint reproductions by Samuel William Reynolds after six portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1838
NPG D1237
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by John Raphael Smith, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, published 1774
NPG D13244
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by William Baillie, after Nathaniel Hone
stipple engraving, 20 October 1779
NPG D20437
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