Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute
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Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, DBE (19 August 1880 - 16 May 1947) was a daughter of Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet and Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough .
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[edit] Marriage
She married John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of the County of Bute, son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute and Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard, on 6 July 1905 in Castle Bellingham, Kilsaran, County Louth, Ireland. Both her father and her father-in-law were noted converts to Roman Catholicism.
After her marriage Augusta Bellingham was styled as Marchioness of Bute and her married name became Crichton-Stuart. She and her husband had seven children.
[edit] Children
- Mary Crichton-Stuart (1906 - ????)
- Sir John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of the County of Bute (b. 4 August 1907 - d. 14 August 1956)
- Jean Crichton-Stuart (b. 28 October 1908 - d. 23 October 1995)
- Robert Crichton-Stuart (b. 12 December 1909 - d. 1976)
- David Crichton- Stuart (b. 8 February 1911 - d. 1970)
- Patrick Crichton-Stuart (b. 1 February 1913 - d. 5 February 1956)
- Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (b. 4 June 1917 - d. 25 June 1969)
[edit] Investitures
She was invested as a Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918. She was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and decorated with the Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth of Belgium.
She died in 1947, aged 66.
