unsatisfactory and, coupled with the sale of Bute House, Adams submitted new designs for a larger complex, which Bute further adjusted to include five book rooms and seven water closets. The building also housed an extensive art collection, particularly paintings of the Dutch and Flemish schools. A fire in March 1771 "did considerable damage" according to contemporary reports. The project was completed by 1773 but not according to the full plan, the second phase of which was abandoned. Death He died on 10 March 1792, from a fall he had a year and a half prior. He fell down cliffs while collecting plants. He died in his mansion on South Audley Street off Grosvenor Square. Family In 1736 he married Mary Wortley Montagu. They had at least eleven children: Lady Mary Stuart ( – 5 April 1824), married James Lowther, later created Earl of Lonsdale, on 7 September 1761 John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart (30 June 1744 – 16 November 1814), politician who succeeded as 4th Earl of Bute and was later created Marquess of Bute Lady Anne Stuart (born ), married Hugh Percy, Lord Warkworth, later the 2nd Duke of Northumberland, on 2 July 1764 The Hon. James Archibald Stuart (21 September 1747 – 1 March 1818), politician and author Lady Augusta Stuart ( – 12 February 1778), married Andrew Corbett Lady Jane Stuart ( – 28 February 1828), married George Macartney, later created Earl Macartney, on 1 February 1768 The Hon. Frederick Stuart (1751–1802), politician The Hon. Charles Stuart (January 1753 – 25 May 1801), soldier and politician The Hon. William Stuart (March 1755 – 6 March 1822), Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of Armagh Lady Caroline Stuart (before 1763 – 20 January 1813), married The Hon John Dawson, later the 1st Earl of Portarlington, on 1 January 1778 Lady Louisa Stuart (12 August 1757 – 4 August 1851), writer, who died unmarried Gallery References Further reading Borus, György. "Lord Bute, the Royal Favourite." Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies (HJEAS) 3.2 (1997): 241–246. online Brewer, John. "The Misfortunes of Lord Bute: a case-study in eighteenth-century political argument and public opinion." Historical Journal 16.1 (1973): 3-43. online Bullion, John L. "The prince's mentor: a new perspective on the friendship between George III and Lord Bute during the 1750s." Albion 21.1 (1989): 34–55. online Dorn, Walter L. "Frederic the Great and Lord Bute." Journal of Modern History