Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute

[1] Crichton-Stuart inherited the Scottish and Welsh Bute estates following the death of his grandfather, in 1814.

He was responsible for the early commercial and industrical development of Cardiff, with the Bute West Dock being opened in his lifetime, on 5 October 1839.

[2] Following the death of the Marquess, a public meeting was held on 1 May 1848, which appointed a committee to arrange the creation of "a colossal statue" in his memory.

[6] The figure of Crichton-Stuart is cast in bronze, showing him wearing a large flowing ceremonial robe.

[4] The statue was subsequently relocated to the southern end of St Mary Street,[1] on an additional circular stone base, where it effectively became a roundabout at the junction.