Lord Bute

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Lord Bute was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and close adviser to King George III who briefly served as British prime minister and played a key role in early Georgian politics.

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Label Occurrences
3rd Earl of Bute 1
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 1
Lord Bute canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British prime minister
Scottish nobleman
human
politician
alsoKnownAs Lord Bute
surface form: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
associatedWith early government of George III
birthDate 1713-05-25
burialPlace Rothesay
surface form: Rothesay, Isle of Bute
causeOfResignation political opposition and unpopularity
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1792-03-10
endTime (prime minister) 1763-04-08
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Stuart
fieldOfActivity court politics
politics
givenName John
influenced early Georgian politics
languageSpoken English
memberOf British peerage
monarchServed George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III of Great Britain
nobleTitle Earl of Bute
notableEvent End of the Seven Years' War
notableFor being the first Scottish-born British prime minister after the 1707 Union
influence over the early reign of George III
patronage of the arts and sciences
notableWork Negotiation of the 1763 Treaty of Paris
ordinalNumber Lord Bute self-linksurface differs
surface form: 3rd Earl of Bute
parliamentaryFaction Tory
politicalEra early reign of George III
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury
Groom of the Stole
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
predecessor (prime minister) Duke of Newcastle
surface form: The Duke of Newcastle
regionOfActivity Great Britain
religion Church of England
residence Highcliffe
Luton Hoo
spouse Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
surface form: Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bute’s wife’s family)
startTime (prime minister) 1762-05-26
successor (prime minister) George Grenville

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George Grenville replaces Lord Bute
this entity surface form: The Earl of Bute
Lord Bute alsoKnownAs Lord Bute
this entity surface form: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Lord Bute ordinalNumber Lord Bute self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 3rd Earl of Bute