Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLord Colum Crichton-Stuart
British politician
Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1886
Date of Death: 18-Aug-1957
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart
- Lord Colum (baptised Columba) Edmund Crichton-Stuart (KM, MP) was born on 3rd April 1886 and died 18th August 1957, aged 71.
- Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart was the fourth child of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of the County of Bute (d.
- 1900) and the Hon.
- Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard (d.
- 1932).
- He married Elizabeth Caroline Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (widow of Henry William Edmund [Petty-Fitzmaurice] 6th Marquess of Lansdowne; d.
- 25 Mar 1964) and the only daughter of Sir Edward Stanley Hope KCB and Constance C.
- Leslie.
- Lord Colum was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford University, England.
- Lord Colum entered into the diplomatic service at the Foreign Office in 1911 and began his career at Whitehall.
- A master of seven languages he was later appointed an attacheship at the British Consulate-General in Cairo working under Lord Kitchener as 3rd secretary.
- He joined the Cadet Battalion at Bushey in July 1918 and gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards (Special Reserve).
- Lord Colum stood for election in Cardiff East in December 1918, a seat once held by his brother Lord Ninian, losing to William Seager.
- Lord Colum’s position in the civil service ended in 1920 he later served as Member of Parliament for the Northwich constituency in Cheshire from 1922 to 1945.
- In 1945, Lord Colum bestowed Pluscarden Priory in Moray, Scotland over to the Benedictine community at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, for use as a daughter house.
- He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Bute between 1953 and 1957.
- He collapsed and died in 1957 while attending a service of Mass at St.
- Andrew's Roman Catholic Church at Rothesay.
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