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THE RICHEST SCOT IN THE EMPIRE

John Patrick Crichton Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute, was the richest Scot in the British Empire in the late 19th century. With an annual income in excess of £150,000 – around £15 million in today’s money - he pursued his passion for architecture with a vengeance.

Bute was one of the most unconventional mavericks of the Victorian age, fascinated by the past but also far ahead of his time – a blue-blooded aristocrat who supported women’s rights and striking miners…an intellectual who was a ghost hunter…and a Welsh-speaking Scottish Nationalist.  Above all, Bute was a fabulously rich and visionary creator of great architecture - Gothic fantasies and fairytale castles with all the latest mod cons.

 

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CREDITS

Narrator - Phyllis Logan
Executive Producers - Seona Robertson/David Harron/Christina Macaulay
Producer - Julie McCrone
Director - Les Wilson

 

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