Lord Robert Bute

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Scottish_nobility
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:King_George_III
gptkbp:birthDate 1710-02-28
gptkbp:burialPlace St._Mary’s_Church,_Buteshire
gptkbp:child gptkb:Lord_Charles_Bute
gptkb:Lord_James_Bute
gptkb:Lady_Anne_Bute
gptkbp:deathDate 1792-03-21
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Robert Bute
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sir_Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:knownFor Political patronage
Controversial premiership
Scottish_politics
Influence_on_George_III
gptkbp:legacy Support for the arts
Role in the Seven Years' War
Controversial policies during his premiership
Influence_on_British_foreign_policy
Influence_on_British_aristocracy
Controversial_figure_in_British_history
Support_for_the_American_colonies
Promotion_of_Scottish_culture
Scottish_representation_in_Parliament
Influence_on_the_British_monarchy
Promotion_of_Scottish_interests_in_London
Connection_to_the_Bute_family
Connection_to_the_Scottish_Enlightenment_thinkers
Impact_on_the_Tory_Party
gptkbp:nobleFamily gptkb:Earl_of_Bute
gptkbp:notableWork Treaty of Paris 1763
gptkbp:parent gptkb:John_Bute,_2nd_Earl_of_Bute
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Tory_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole 1756
1763
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Stuart,_3rd_Earl_of_Bute
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkb:Mount_Stuart_House
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu
gptkbp:successor gptkb:George_Grenville
gptkbp:termEnd 1763-07-08
gptkbp:termStart 1762-04-08
gptkbp:title gptkb:Viscount_Bute
gptkb:Baron_Bute
gptkb:Earl_of_Bute