page_title: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute / Early life
context_page_description: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute PC, FRS, styled Lord Mount Stuart until 1792 and known as The Earl of Bute between 1792 and 1794, was a British nobleman, coalfield owner, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1776.
context_section_description: Stuart was born at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, the son of prime minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and his wife Mary Wortley Montagu. He was educated at Harrow School and Winchester College. He went to the University of Oxford, where he had private tuition from James Bladen. The degree of D.C.L., awarded to him by the university in 1793, was honorary.
  Around 1757 Stuart began to be tutored by the philosopher Adam Ferguson.
caption: Portrait of Lord Mount Stuart at age 19 by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1763.
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