Bute Dining Hall
During the 1891-92 University academic year, the Students Representative Council began a fundraising campaign for the joint Students Union and Dining Committee to establish a student dining hall. John Patrick…
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Bute Medical School
In 1889, the Universities (Scotland) Act stipulated that there should be a conjoint medical school between St Andrews and Dundee. One of the major donors to the medical school was the Rector of the University, John…
Bute Bursary
The Bute Bursary was created in 1893, thanks to a gift from the recently-elected Rector of the University, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900). Bute mortified £1000 to fund a competitive…
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900)
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, (1847-1900) was the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (d. 1848). He became 3rd Marquess of Bute at six months of age, inheriting his family’s estates and vast industrial…