Sophia Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute
Sophia Crichton- Stuart, Marchioness of Bute( 1 February 1809 – 28 December 1859), formerly Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon- Hastings, was a Scottish noblewoman.
She was the second wife of John Crichton- Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, and the mother of the 3rd Marquess.
Cardiff's Sophia Gardens are named after her.
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, , KGCHS (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900), was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron.
Succeeding to the marquisate at the age of only six months, his vast inheritance reportedly made him the richest man in the world.
His conversion to Catholicism from 'the Kirk' at the age of 21 scandalised Victorian society and led Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to use the Marquess as the basis for the eponymous hero of his novel "Lothair", published in 1870.
Marrying into one of Britain's most illustrious Catholic families, Bute became one of the leaders of the British Catholic community.
His enormous expenditure on building and restoration made him the foremost architectural patron of the 19th century.
Lord Bute died at the age of only 53 in 1900; his heart was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
He was a Knight Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre, Knight of the Order of St. Gregory
the Great and Hereditary Keeper of Rothesay Castle.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
James Crichton-Stuart
Lieutenant- Colonel James Frederick Dudley Crichton- Stuart( 17 February 1824 – 24 October 1891) was a British soldier and Liberal politician.
Crichton- Stuart was the son of Lord Patrick Crichton- Stuart and a great- great- grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
His mother was Hannah, daughter of William Tighe, MP.
He served with the Grenadier Guards and achieved the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel.
In 1859 he was returned to Parliament for Cardiff, a seat previously held by his father, and represented this constituency in the House of Commons until 1880.
Between 1859 and 1891 he also served as Lord- Lieutenant of Buteshire.
Crichton- Stuart married Gertrude Frances, daughter of Sir George Hamilton Seymour, in 1864.
They had several children.
Crichton- Stuart died in October 1891, aged 67.
His wife survived him by eighteen years and died in December 1909.
Ninian Stuart
Ninian Stuart( sometimes known as Ninian Crichton Stuart, born 16 March 1957) is the Hereditary Keeper of Falkland Palace, a former Scottish royal palace.
He is the grandson of Lt- Col Lord Ninian Edward Crichton- Stuart( 15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915), the second son of John Crichton- Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and the Honourable Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard, daughter of Edward Fitzalan- Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop.
He is a cousin of John Crichton- Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute( born 26 April 1958), formerly known as' Johnny Dumfries' while a racing driver, who won the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans.
They both attended Ampleforth College as is customary for male members of the Crichton- Stuart family.
Stuart lives in Falkland and is a former Stewardship Director for the Falkland Heritage Trust.
He is a co-founder of Falkland Centre for Stewardship, which runs the annual Big Tent festival that takes place in July in Falkland.
John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute
John Crichton- Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute( 4 August 1907 – 14 August 1956) was the son of John Crichton- Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute and Augusta Bellingham.
Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart
Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton- Stuart( 15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915) was a Scottish senior officer in the British Army and Member of Parliament.
He was killed in action in the First World War.
The second son of the Honourable Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan- Howard and John Crichton- Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, he entered the army in 1903 and served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the Scots Guards as a lieutenant.
After marrying he began a career in politics, serving first as a councillor on Fife County Council, Scotland.
His family having close connections to the city of Cardiff in Wales, he fought and lost the January 1910 election there as a Liberal Unionist candidate.
The resulting hung parliament led to a second election in December 1910, in which Crichton- Stuart won the seat.
In 1912, he took command of the 6th battalion, the Welch Regiment.
Upon the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered his unit for service and joined the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.
After eleven months on the frontline, he was shot in the head and killed when leading his men in an attempt to repel a German counter- attack on 2 October 1915 during the Battle of Loos.
He was one of 22 MPs that were killed during the conflict and the only serving MP from Wales to be killed.
The home ground of Cardiff City F.C. was named Ninian Park after Crichton- Stuart offered to be a guarantor for the football club's rental of the site.
After his death, a statue of Crichton- Stuart was erected in Cathays Park in Cardiff.
Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart
Lord Colum (baptised Columba)
Edmund Crichton-Stuart (KM, MP) was born on 3rd April 1886 and died 18th August 1957, aged 71.
Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart was the fourth child of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute (d. 1900) and the Hon.
Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard (d. 1932).
He married Elizabeth Caroline Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (widow of Henry William Edmund
[Petty-Fitzmaurice]
6th Marquess of Lansdowne; d. 25 Mar 1964) and the only daughter of Sir Edward Stanley Hope KCB and Constance C. Leslie.
Lord Colum was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford University, England.
Lord Colum entered into the diplomatic service at the Foreign Office in 1911 and began his career at Whitehall.
A master of seven languages he was later appointed an attacheship at the British Consulate-General in Cairo working under Lord Kitchener as 3rd secretary.
He joined the Cadet Battalion at Bushey in July 1918 and gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards (Special Reserve).
Lord Colum stood for election in Cardiff East in December 1918, a seat once held by his brother Lord Ninian, losing to William Seager.
Lord Colum’s position in the civil service ended in 1920 he later served as Member of Parliament for the Northwich constituency in Cheshire from 1922 to 1945.
In 1945, Lord Colum bestowed Pluscarden Priory in Moray, Scotland over to the Benedictine community at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, for use as a daughter house.
He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Bute between 1953 and 1957.
He collapsed and died in 1957 while attending a service of Mass at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church at Rothesay.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
John Colum Crichton- Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute( born 26 April 1958), styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver, most notably winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute, although he has also been called Johnny Dumfries.
The family home is Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.
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.

Question: What is the date of death of Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart's father?
Answer: 9 October 1900