▁following ▁year . ▁Lady ▁Flora ▁wrote ▁poetry , ▁and ▁after ▁her ▁death ▁Soph ia ▁edited ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁her ▁po ems . ▁ ▁Soph ia ▁married ▁the ▁Mar qu ess ▁of ▁B ute , ▁who ▁was ▁fifteen ▁years ▁older ▁than ▁her , ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁April ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁at ▁L oud oun ▁Castle , ▁A yr shire , ▁his ▁first ▁wife , ▁Lady ▁Maria ▁North , ▁having ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 1 . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁children ▁from ▁his ▁first ▁marriage , ▁and ▁died ▁aged ▁ 5 4 ▁in ▁Card iff , ▁only ▁three ▁years ▁after ▁his ▁second ▁marriage , ▁leaving ▁a ▁six - month - old ▁son ▁who ▁succeeded ▁to ▁the ▁marqu ess ate . ▁▁ ▁Soph ia ' s ▁first ▁pre gn ancy ▁had ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁still b irth . ▁Her ▁son ▁John , ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁marqu ess , ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁September ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁at ▁Mount ▁Stuart ▁House ▁on ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁B ute , ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁Phil anth ropy ▁The ▁march ion ess ' s ▁Scottish ▁roots ▁did ▁not ▁prevent ▁her ▁taking ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Card iff , ▁where ▁her ▁husband ▁had ▁had ▁vast ▁commercial ▁and ▁industrial ▁interests . ▁Soph ia ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁language ; ▁seeking ▁to ▁learn ▁it ▁herself , ▁giving ▁money ▁for ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁college ▁at ▁L land overy , ▁and ▁providing ▁financial ▁assistance ▁for ▁the