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John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847–1900), was a Scottish aristocrat, industrialist, and scholar with a keen interest in history and architecture. Known for his extensive restoration of Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, he was also an accomplished author. His works included "The Roman Breviary," a translation of the Roman Catholic liturgical book, and "The Altus of St. Columba," a study of early Christian hymns. Bute was a devout Catholic and his literary contributions often reflected his religious convictions and interest in historical ecclesiastical matters.
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II. It has been thought desirable to reprint the Essays and other short Works of the late Marquess of Bute in an inexpensive form likely to be useful to the general reader, and thereby to make them more widely known. Should this, the second of the proposed series, prove acceptable, it will be followed by others at short intervals. [A Lecture delivered on January 19, 1893, before the Scottish Society of...
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THE ALLEGED HAUNTINGOF B—— HOUSE It was in 1892 that Lord Bute first heard of the matter. It was not, as stated by The Times correspondent in that journal for June 8, 1897, in or from London, but at Falkland, in Fifeshire, and in the following manner:— There is no public chapel at Falkland, and the private chapel in the house is attended by a variety of priests, who usually come only from...
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