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Stuart, John, 1713-1792 (3rd Earl of Bute and Prime Minister)

 Person

Biography

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-92), tutor to George III, and Prime Minister, 1762-63.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: Account Book and Letters

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9399
Scope and Contents

Personal accounts of the Earl of Bute with James and Thomas Coutts.

Dates: 1764-1791
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: Travel Journal and Essay on Travel Writing

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8826
Scope and Contents The volume comprises a prefatory essay [1787] on travel-writing addressed by Bute to his son Charles, who accompanied him on his 1768 journey, 38 pages; an essay written in Italy, 1770, at the request of John Symonds (Regius Professor of Modern History, 1771), setting out the form in which Symonds should cast for publication material assembled in five years' travel in Italy, 72 pages; notes by Bute of a journey to Barèges, Pyrenees, in 1768, 180 pages; and a loose leaf with a list of places...
Dates: 1768-1787 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).