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He was known as Johnny Dumfries, or, after he succeeded his father as marquess in 1993, John Bute. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He attended Ampleforth College , as had his father and most male members of the Crichton-Stuart family, but did not finish the normal five years of study.
Patrick McDouall-Crichton, 6th Earl of Dumfries (15 October 1726 – 7 April 1803) was a Scottish peer. [1] He was the son of John McDouall of Freugh and Elizabeth Dalrymple-Crichton. In 1768 he inherited the Earldom of Dumfries from his maternal uncle William Dalrymple-Crichton , and on his death was succeeded by his grandson, John, Lord Mount ...
Laurie was born on 25 March 1897 in Dumfries [5] to William Laurie (1856–1903), a clerk in a tweed mill and later a hatter and hosier, and Jessie Ann Laurie (née Brown; 1858–1935). He attended grammar school at Dumfries Academy, then abandoned a career in architecture to serve in the First World War as a member of the Honourable Artillery ...
His father was the first cousin of Richard Henry Lee, twelfth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was also a grand aunt of President Thomas Jefferson .
Bute was the son of John, Lord Mount Stuart, and the former Lady Elizabeth McDouall-Crichton. [2] His parents were both from wealthy, aristocratic backgrounds; his father was due to become the Marquess of Bute, with extensive landholdings in Scotland and in South Wales, and his mother was the sole heir to the Crichton estates, with over 63,980 acres (25,890 ha) of land in Scotland. [2]
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (1512 – September 1556) was the son of Adam Hepburn, Lord Hailes, who died at the Battle of Flodden the year after Patrick's birth. Hepburn was known as the Fair Earl. He owed this more to his looks than his character, being described as "fair and white" while a young boy.
Two days after the artist born Anthony Leonard Platt died at age 43, as confirmed by his wife Sherkita Long-Platt via a Facebook announcement, his spouse has since shared his cause of death with TMZ.
His father was William Dalrymple of Glenmure and mother was Penelope Crichton, Countess of Dumfries. [1] He married Lady Anne Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Mary Leslie, on 2 April 1731; they had one son: William Crichton, Lord Crichton (12 December 1734 – 9 September 1744) He married Anne Duff, on 19 June ...