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unusual facts about John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne


John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne

Erne was the only son of Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton, eldest son of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne.


Animal Wall

The work of the restoration of Cardiff Castle and the building of the Animal Wall for the Marquess of Bute, was continued by his former assistant William Frame.

Ballechin House

In 1896 the house was investigated by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute with the assistance of paranormal researchers from the Society for Psychical Research.

Bute Park

The park is named after the 3rd Marquess of Bute, whose family resided in the castle.

Cardiff Docks

Increasing agitation for proper dock facilities led Cardiff's foremost landowner, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, to promote the construction of the (West) Bute Dock, designed by Admiral William Henry Smyth and opened in October 1839.

Clan Stuart of Bute

The present chief of the Clan Stuart of Bute is John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute who is better known as the racing driver, Johnny Dumfries.

John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute

Whilst Rector of the University of St Andrews, he provided the University with a new home for its Medical School and endowed the Bute Chair of Medicine.

Between 1868 and 1886 he financed the rebuilding of St Margaret's Parish Church, Roath, Cardiff, creating a new mausoleum for the Bute family with sarcophagi in red marble.

The Marquess was involved in a notable company law case, known as "the Marquess of Bute's Case", reported on appeal in 1892, called Re Cardiff Savings Bank 1892 2 Ch 100.

John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute

Sir Horace David Cholwell St. Paul, 1st Baronet of St. Paul

John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute

Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop

John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne

He was succeeded in his titles by his two-year-old only son Henry.

Media Wales

The Western Mail was founded in 1869 by the 3rd Marquess of Bute as a Conservative newspaper.

Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington

In 1945, Woodhouse married Lady Davidema Katharine Cynthia Mary Millicent Bulwer-Lytton, the widow of John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne.

Sophia Gardens

Named after Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, the second wife of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, the park was acquired by Cardiff Council (then the Cardiff Corporation) from the Marquis of Bute in 1947.

SWALEC Stadium

Daughter of the 1st Marquess of Hastings and wife to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, Lady Sophia was concerned to provide open space for recreation in the rapidly expanding city in the late 19th century, in which her husband was heavily involved.


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