In 1867 a disastrous lawsuit with the Marquis of BUTE over some mining rights in Wales almost brought ruin to our door.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
190 BUTE, John Stuart, third Earl of, vii.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green
"We have had a day going through the Kyles of BUTE, too-the same party: and a marvellous run along the shores of the Clyde to Skelmorlie.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson