The Right Honourable The Earl of Bute
Born	James Stuart Before 1696
Died	28 January 1723
Title	Earl of Bute
Spouse	Lady Anne Campbell ​ (m. 1711)​
Children	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute The Hon. James Stuart-Mackenzie The Hon. Archibald Stuart Lady Mary Menzies Lady Elizabeth Stuart Anne, Lady Ruthven Lady Jean Stuart Lady Grace Stuart
Parent(s)	James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute Agnes Mackenzie

James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute (before 1696 – 28 January 1723) was the son of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute and Agnes Mackenzie.

Family

In February 1711, he married Lady Anne Campbell (daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Tollemache) and had eight children:

• John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792)
• James Stuart-Mackenzie (b. before 1723 – c. April 1800)
• Hon. Archibald Stuart
• Lady Mary Stuart (b. c1713, d. 30 December 1773)^[1] married 31 October 1729 to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem^[2] (b. c1706, d. 1786)^[3]
• Lady Elizabeth Stuart
• Lady Anne Stuart (b. before 1723 – 28 November 1786), married July 1736 James Johnstone (later Ruthven, 5th Lord Ruthven of Freeland)
• Lady Jean Stuart
• Lady Grace Stuart

On his death his wife remarried to Alexander Fraser, Lord Strichen.