Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart
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Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart (born February 1718 in Pera (Turkey), † November 6, 1794 in Isleworth , London) was a British noblewoman.
She was the only daughter of Edward Wortley-Montagu and Mary Wortley Montagu , the eldest daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull . She was born in Constantinople when her father was the British ambassador there. On August 13, 1736, she married John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , who would later become Prime Minister of Britain . Her wedding gave her the courtesy title of Countess of Bute . With special consideration of her male offspring, she was raised to Baroness Mount Stuart , of Wortley in the County of York , on April 3, 1761 .
She was buried in Wortley , Yorkshire .
She had the following children with her husband John Stuart:
- Lady Mary Stuart (1740-1824) ⚭ 1761 James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale ;
- Lady Jane Stuart (1742–1828) ⚭ 1768 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ;
- John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814);
- Lady Anne Stuart (1745–1819) ⚭ 1764–1779 Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland ;
- Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (1747–1818) ⚭ Margaret Conyngham;
- Lady Augusta Stuart († 1778) ⚭ Andrew Corbet;
- Lady Caroline Stuart (1750-1813) ⚭ 1778 John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington ;
- Hon. Frederick Stuart (1751-1802), MP;
- Sir Charles Stuart (1753–1801), General in the British Army, ⚭ 1778 Louisa Bertie;
- Hon. William Stuart (1755–1822), Archbishop of Armagh ⚭ 1796 Sophia Margaret Juliana Penn;
- Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851), writer.
After her death, her eldest son John inherited her title of nobility, while according to her father's will, her second eldest son James inherited his estates and fortunes.
Web links
- Mary Wortley-Montagu, Baroness Mount Stuart of Wortley on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Bute, Earl of (S, 1703). Retrieved September 11, 2014 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baroness Mount Stuart 1761–1794 |
John Stuart |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wortley-Montagu, Mary, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stuart, Mary, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart; Stuart, Mary, Countess of Bute |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1718 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pera |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1794 |
| Place of death | Isleworth |