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full the possibilities of Cardiff, and declared that he
would make it "a second Liverpool." His honours
included D.C.L. of Oxford, LL.D. of Cambridge, and
Knighthood of the Thistle. His Lordship, who died at
Cardiff Castle, March 18, 1848, was twice married ;
first, to a daughter of Lord Guildford, who died in 1841
without issue ; and, in 1845, at Loudoun Castle, to
Sophia Frederica Christian, born Ferbruary 1, 1809,
daughter of the first Marquess of Hastings, and his
wife, Flora Muir, Countess of Loudoun in her own right.
The only child of the marriage was John Patrick, who
succeeded as third Marquess.
The third Marquess of Bute, who was also sixth
Earl of Bute and seventh Earl of Dumfries, was born
September 12, 1847, at Mount-Stuart. He was given
the courtesy title of Earl of Windsor, but at the age of
six months he succeeded to his father's Peerages. His
mother died when he was nine-and-a-half years old.
Educated at Harrow and Oxford, he became, in 1868,
Hon. Colonel of the Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery,
was a member of the Royal Company of Archers ; was
created Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1875 ;
and his other honours and appointments included Mayor
of Cardiff, 1890 ; Lord-Lieutenant of Bute, 1892 ;
Provost of Rothesay, 1896-99 ; LL.D. of the Universities
of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh ; President
of the University College, Cardiff ; twice Lord Rector
of the University of St. Andrews ; Member of the
Scottish Universities Commission, 1889 ; and President
of the British Archaeological Association, 1888. The
Marquess's tastes were largely of the antiquarian order.
Imbued with a deep reverence for the past, he spent his
years in archaeological research and restoration. He
would fain have had the older order in the Parliamentary
Government of Scotland restored, and he formulated a
plan with that end in view. He wrote voluminously on
antiquarian subjects, his works evincing careful study
and accurate discrimination. The same spirit of
reverence for other days impelled him to the restoration