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Bute, John Stuart, 3d earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (213 words) |
 | He was prominent as a friend of Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, as early as 1747 and became the tutor of Frederick’s impressionable son, the future George III. |
| When George became king in 1760, Bute was appointed a privy councilor, first gentleman of the bedchamber, and (Mar., 1761) a secretary of state. |
| George III’s policies of destroying the Whig monopoly of political power, of making the monarch supreme over Parliament, and of ending the war with France were pursued largely under Bute’s influence. |
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