Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute
Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute, DBE (19 August 1880 – 16 May 1947), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who was a daughter of Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, and Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of The 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.
Marriage
She married The 4th Marquess of Bute (1881-1947), son of The 3rd Marquess of Bute and The Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard, on 6 July 1905 at 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 The Marchioness of Bute and her married name became Crichton-Stuart. She and her husband had seven children.
Children
- Mary Crichton-Stuart (8 May 1906 – 1980) married Edward Walker and had issue
- 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), married Lt.-Cmdr. Hon. James Bertie and had issue (two sons); her elder son was Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his death in 2008.
- Robert Crichton-Stuart (b. 12 December 1909-d. 1976), married Lady Janet Egida Montgomerie (1911–1999), daughter of Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton and had issue.
- David Crichton- Stuart (b. 8 February 1911-d. 1970)), married Ursula Packe and had issue.
- Patrick Crichton-Stuart (b. 1 February 1913-d. 5 February 1956), married Jane von Bahr and had issue.
- Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (b. 4 June 1917-d. 25 June 1969)
Honours
She was invested as a Dame Commander of the 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.
Death
She died in 1947, aged 66.
