MARQUESS AS PRIVATE.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1916, Page 2

MARQUESS AS PRIVATE.

' MILLIONAIRE TRAINING WITH DEVIL'S OWN, Millionaire, marquess, three timeß an earl, thrice a viscount, six times a baronet, a baronet of Nova Scotia, Hereditary Keeper of Rothesay Castle, LordLieutenant of Bute, and ground landlord of a good deal of Cardiff, Lord Bute is now a private in the Devil's Own, otherwise ihe Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps. There he is plain John Crichton-Stuart. A good many of his titles come to him from the "Jack Boot" of curious fame, favorite of George ll.'s mother, and the most hated man who ever held office in this realm, but through the Crichtons and Stuarts he goes back to the beginnings of Scots history. Lord Bute, who is 34, married, in lflfl's, Augusta, daughter of Sir Henry Bellingham (pronounced Bellingjum), of a house as ancient of lis own. The Butes, who are close kin of tne Howards of Norfolk, are among the heads of that most exclusive Catholic set, but in point of fact neither of them cares for society, and they live chiefly in Scotland. Lady Bute has had other pre-oc-cupatione in the year', of her married life, the first of wh'ich she brought additions to her nursery, and she has now four boys and two girls. The heir, Lord Dumfries, is in his ninth year. The marquess is immensely rich. His income is said to exceed £200,00(1 a year, whilst he owns 117.000 acres. His favorite dress is the kilt. There is little doubt that .I'hen the marquess finishes his training in the "Devil's Own".he will take a commission in a Scottish Regiment—and almost certainly a "kilted one." Lord Bute has been honorary colonel of the 4th Highland Brigade R'.G.A., and president of its Territorial Force Association, and it is understood in Cardiff that his determination to join the army '•?. largely the result of the death of his brother, Lord Ninian Crich-ton-Stuart, M.P., who fell in leading the oth Welsh Territorials in France. Since the outbreak of war Cardiff Castle has been handed over by the marquess to the 3rd Welsh, who, as the reserve unit of the famous 2nd Welsh, have sent out drafts almost daily. Indeed, one of Lord Bute's proudest memories must bo that of nis South Wales home, as the headquarters of "The Suicide Club"— the nickname of the dauntless 2nd Welsh at the front—has housed more recruits destined for the firing line by the quickest route thai' any other of Britain's stately mansions.