Famous People Connected to Buteshire

Historic County of Scotland

Image right - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900)

People of note with connections to the county are listed below. Some of these connections are a little tenuous - counties like to lay claim to people of renown!

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• Richard Attenborough, film director; owned the Rhubodach estate on the island at one time

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• Andrew Bannatyne (1798–1871), politician, lawyer and businessman
• Lieutenant Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (1883–1912), polar explorer, who died with Scott in the Antarctic

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• John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848)
• John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute KT, KSG, KGCHS[1 (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900) was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist and architectural patron.
• Adam Crozier, former chief executive of the Royal Mail

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• Johnny Dumfries - former Formula One racing driver is the current Marquess of Bute.

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• Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Supreme Court Judge

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• George Leslie Hunter, colourist painter

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• Edmund Kean, Shakespearean actor

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• Ashley Lilley, actress, played the role of Ali in the 2008 film adaptation of Mamma Mia

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• Sir William MacEwen FRS (1848–1924), surgeon
• John William MacKail, writer and scholar

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• John Sterling, critic, journalist and poet

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• Hector Whitelaw, shinty player and Scotland Vice-captain
• Bob Winter, Glasgow's Lord Provost (2007–2012)

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• Lena Zavaroni, singer was born and grew up in Rothesay

Related Projects on Geni

• Buteshire - Main Page
• Historic Buteshire (Link to follow)
• [http://www.geni.com/projects/Buteshire-Family-Heads/14832 Buteshire - Family Heads