John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
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| "Johnny Dumfries" | |
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Nationality  British |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1986 |
| Teams | Lotus |
| Races | 16 (15 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Career points | 3 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1986 Australian Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 1987 – 1991 |
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| Teams | Kouros Racing Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR Toyota Team Tom's Courage Compétition |
| Best finish | 1st (1988) |
| Class wins | 1 (1988) |
John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (born 26 April 1958, Rothesay, Isle of Bute), styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993 and from this courtesy title usually known as Johnny Dumfries, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver. He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute.[1] The family home is Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.
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[edit] Racing career
Born into one of Scotland's oldest aristocratic families and the descendant of a British Prime Minister, Johnny Dumfries was heir to a large fortune. He turned his back on an expensive education and set about entering motor racing.[2]
He won the 1984 British Formula Three Championship. He raced a single season in Formula 1, 1986, competing in 16 Grands Prix for Team Lotus, which used Renault engines. His teammate for that season was the legendary Brazilian Ayrton Senna.[2] Dumfries scored a total of 3 championship points.[3] He was replaced for 1987 by the Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima as part of Lotus' deal to use Honda engines from that season onwards.
In 1988, Dumfries won the 24 hours of Le Mans driving a Silk Cut-sponsored Jaguar XJR-9[4] and partnered in the team by Andy Wallace and Jan Lammers.
[edit] Wealth
He ranked 321st in the Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £120m. (26th in Scotland with £122m in 2006)
He lives with his family in London and at Mount Stuart House, 5 miles south of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. In 2007 Dumfries House in Cumnock, Ayrshire was purchased for the nation.[5]
[edit] Ancestry
Crichton-Stuart is the son of the 6th Marquess of Bute and the former Beatrice Weld-Forester, and is a descendant of King William IV of the United Kingdom, by his mistress Dorothy Jordan. William IV was Queen Victoria's uncle, this means that the Marquess of Bute is a distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He attended Ampleforth College, as had his father and most male members of the Crichton-Stuart family, but did not graduate.
In 1984, he married Carolyn Waddell and they were divorced in 1993. They have three children:
- The Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart (b. September 26 1984)
- The Lady Cathleen Crichton-Stuart (b. September 14 1986)
- John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, The Earl of Dumfries (b. 21 December 1989)
He married Serena Solitaire Wendell in 1999 and they have one child, a daughter:
- The Lady Lola Affrica Crichton-Stuart b. 1999
[edit] Complete Formula One results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts. |
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| 1986 | John Player Special Team Lotus | Lotus 98T | Renault V6t | BRA 9 |
ESP Ret |
SMR Ret |
MON DNQ |
BEL Ret |
CAN Ret |
USA 7 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 7 |
GER Ret |
HUN 5 |
AUT Ret |
ITA Ret |
POR 9 |
MEX Ret |
AUS 6 |
13th | 3 |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by John Crichton-Stuart |
Marquess of Bute 1993 - |
Succeeded by Current Incumbent |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Ayrton Senna |
British Formula Three Champion 1984 |
Succeeded by Mauricio Gugelmin |
| Preceded by Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Al Holbert |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1988 with: Jan Lammers Andy Wallace |
Succeeded by Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Georgina Adam. "Race to save Dumfries House", The Art Newspaper, 26 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ a b Drivers:Johnny Dumfries. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ Painter-cum-racer. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ Johnny Dumfries. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Historic mansion sold to nation", BBC News, 27 June 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
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