Lola Bute

Lola Bute (born Lady Lola Affrica Crichton-Stuart on June 23, 1999) is an English mental health activist and philanthropist, model and socialite. Lola is the youngest daughter of former Formula One driver John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, known as Johnny Dumfries, and his second wife, fashion designer Serena Bute née Wendell. Lola has two older half siblings from her mother's side, businessman Joshua De Lisser and actress Jazzy De Lisser; and three older half siblings from her father's side, John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute, and Lady Cathleen and Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart. She is of Welsh and Spanish descent from her mother's side, and of Scottish descent from her father's side. Lola lived in Switzerland for a while, and studied at Bedales school before she went to New York to study fashion design at Parsons. Following the suicide of her boyfriend Kai Schachter in 2019 and the accidental overdose of her best friend Ila Scheckter, she founded charity Eternity to bring attention to suicide, addiction and mental health which she said helped her to 'heal and cope with grief in a healthy way'. She had been eight months sober when her father passed away on April 2022. She had 'put all her energy' into a ball to raise awareness and money for mental health charities to avoid 'anyone else feeling this pain' which she 'wouldn't wish on her worst enemy'. The same year she founded her Eternity charity, she penned some poems and edited the book "Eternity: Loss & Hope", to raise awareness about suicide, addiction and mental health.