Editing John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (section)

==Early life ==
=== Family ===
He was born in Parliament Close, near to [[St Giles Cathedral]] on the [[Royal Mile]] in [[Edinburgh]] on 25 May 1713, the son of [[James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute]], and his wife, Lady Anne Campbell.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140212/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> He attended [[Eton College]] from 1724 to 1730.<ref>{{Cite book|title=John, 3rd Earl of Bute: Patron & Collector|last=Russell|first=Francis|publisher=Merrion Press|year=2004|isbn=0951259512|location=London|pages=3}}</ref> He went on to study [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] at the Universities of [[University of Groningen|Groningen]] (1730–1732) and [[Leiden University|Leiden]] (1732–1734) in the Netherlands,<ref>{{Cite book|title=John, 3rd Earl of Bute : patron & collector|last=Russell|first=Francis|date=2004|publisher=Merrion Press|isbn=0951259512|location=London|pages=5–6|oclc=56640554}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Schotse oud-student werd premier van Engeland|website=Groninger Gezinsbode|date=15 November 2012|language=nl|url=https://gezinsbode.nl/artikel/953498/schotse-oud-student-werd-premier-van-engeland.html|access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref> graduating from the latter with a degree in civil law.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Gillan|first=Caroline|date=2018|title=Lord Bute and eighteenth-century science and patronage|journal=NUI Galway: PhD Theses|page=44|url=https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/handle/10379/10036|access-date=29 June 2019|quote=He left Eton College in 1730, and subsequently travelled to the Netherlands where he too pursued civil law, first attending Groningen University, before moving to Leiden University in 1732. After spending two years in Leiden, Bute left in March 1734 with a degree in civil law.|publisher=NUI Galway|type=Thesis}}</ref>

A close relative of the [[Clan Campbell]] (his mother was a daughter of the [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll|1st Duke of Argyll]]), Bute succeeded to the [[Marquess of Bute|Earldom of Bute]] (named after the [[Isle of Bute]]) upon the death of his father in 1723. He was brought up thereafter by his maternal uncles, the [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll|2nd Duke of Argyll]] and Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st and only Earl of Ilay. In August 1735, he eloped with [[Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute|Mary Wortley Montagu]], whose parents [[Sir Edward Wortley Montagu|Sir Edward]] and [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]] were slow to consent to the marriage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=John, 3rd Earl of Bute : patron & collector|last=Russell|first=Francis|date=2004|publisher=Merrion Press|isbn=0951259512|location=London|pages=7|oclc=56640554}}</ref>