Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart
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killed in the First World War. He was the second son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute KT, KSG, KGCHS was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist and architectural patron.-Early life:...
and Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard.
Lord Ninian was educated at Harrow School
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and Christ Church, Oxford
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. He was commissioned in 1903 into the 3rd Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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and then served for two years in 1st Battalion, the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
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.
He left the army after his marriage to the Hon. Ismay Preston in 1906 to concentrate on politics. In 1907 he was adopted as the Unionist
Liberal Unionist Party
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candidate for the United Boroughs of Cardiff
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, Cowbridge
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and Llantrisant
Llantrisant
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. He lost the election to D.A. Thomas in January 1910 but was successful in winning the seat in the December 1910 election.
In 1912 he took command of the 6th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. He was killed in action on 2 October 1915, while leading the 6th Welsh in a night attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt
Hohenzollern Redoubt
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, near La Bassée
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, aged 32.
Family
Lord Ninian married the Hon. Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston, daughter of Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount GormanstonJenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston GCMG , was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator.Gormanston was born the son of Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, and his wife Lucretia, daughter of William Charles Jerningham, and was born at Gormanston Castle, County...
and Georgina Jane Connelan, on 16 June 1906; they had 4 children:
- Ninian Patrick Crichton-Stuart (31 October 1907 - 4 February 1910)
- Ismay Catherine Crichton-Stuart (23 December 1909 - 1989); she married, firstly, John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of HalsburyJohn Giffard, 3rd Earl of HalsburyJohn Anthony Hardinge Giffard 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS, British peer and scientist, succeeded to the title in 1943. He was Managing Director of the National Research Development Corporation 1949–1959, after having been Director of Research of Decca Record Company 1947–1949, and previously worked...
on 1 October 1930, but they divorced in 1936, having produced one sonEarl of HalsburyEarl of Halsbury, in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1898 for the lawyer and Conservative politician Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury. He was Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1892 and 1895 to 1905...
together. She married, secondly, Donald Walter Munro Ross on 30 August 1937, and had issue, one daughter with him. - Claudia Miriam Joanna Crichton-Stuart (24 June 1913 - 19 June 1985)
- Major Michael Duncan David Crichton-Stuart (14 March 1915 - 1981); he married Barbara Symes, daughter of Sir George Stewart SymesGeorge Stewart SymesLieutenant Colonel Sir George Stewart Symes GCB, GCMG, DSO was a British Army officer and colonial governor.Symes served in the South African War in 1902 and in the Aden Hinterland, 1903-1904...
, on 1 March 1941, and had issue one son and three daughters (the two elder being adopted). The son has one son and one daughter by his late wife, these two representing the heirs male of Lord Ninian.
After his death, his widow remarried on 30 April 1917 Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay
Archibald Maule Ramsay
Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay was a British Army officer who later went into politics as a Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament . From the late 1930s he developed increasingly strident antisemitic views...
(4 May 1894 - 11 March 1955), later a Scottish Unionist MP
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for Peebles and South Midlothian
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1931-1945; he is better known today as one of the most prominent British fascists. Ramsay and his wife had four sons together. Mrs Ramsay died 16 February 1975 aged 92, and was survived by six of her eight children.
Other information
Lt-Col Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart held the office of Justice of the PeaceJustice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
(JP) for Fife
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.
He held the office of MP for Cardiff
Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)
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between 1910 and 1915.
He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 6th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Ninian Park
Ninian Park
Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship...
, the home of Cardiff City Football Club was named after Lord Ninian, following Lord Ninian's help in agreeing to become guarantor for the new ground.
Commonwealth War Grave details
| Name: | CRICHTON-STUART, Lord NINIAN EDWARD |
|---|---|
| Initials: | N E |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Regiment/Service: | Welsh Regiment |
| Unit Text: | Commanding 6th Bn |
| Secondary Regiment: | Scots Guards |
| Secondary Unit Text: | formerly Lt., Reserve of Officers |
| Age: | 32 |
| Date of Death: | 02/10/1915 |
| Additional Information: | Second son of John Patrick, 3rd Marquess of Bute, K.T., and Gwendoline, Marchioness of Bute; husband of Lady Ninian Crichton-Stuart (now the Hon. Mrs A. H. M. Ramsay), of 87, Lancaster Gate, London. Member of Parliament for Cardiff 1910-1915 and Justice of the Peace for County Fife. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | III. M. 10 |
| Cemetery: | BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY |