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JOHN Stewart
4th Earl of Bute
(76) JOHN STUART, FOURTH EARL, born 1744, was in 1776 created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle, and in 1796 MARQUIS OF BUTE, Earl of Windsor, Viscount Mountjoy.
He died 1814, leaving six sons:-
a) John, the eldest, was father of the second Marquis of Bute, who, on tbe death of his maternal grandfather, succeeded as Earl of Dumfries, Viscount Air, Lord Crichton, and the present Marquis of Bute is his grandson.
b) Henry, the fifth son, was father of Henry Villiers-Stuart, created BARON STUART DE DECIES in 1839, and died 1874.
Arms: of Lord Stuart de Decies.- 1 and 4. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver within a red double tressure flory-counter-flory. A martlet for difference. 2 and 3. Silver, on a red cross five gold escallops (Villiers). CREST: A red demi lion rampant. SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A silver horse bridled red; Sinister, A stag proper. Both SUPPORTERS gorged with wreaths of green shamrock. MOTTO:"Avito_viret_honore"(Burke).
Arms: of the present Marquis of Bute.- 1 and 4. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver within a red double tressure flory-counter-flory (Stuart). 2 and 3. Silver, a blue lion rampant (Crichton). CREST: For Stuart a red demi lion rampant. MOTTOES: Over the Crest, "Nobilis_est_ira_leonis," and beneath Shield, "Avito_viret_honore." SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A silver horse bridled red; Sinister, A stag proper horned gold.
