BUCCLEUCH and
QUEENSBERRY, CHIEF OF SCOTT THE 9TH DUKE OF
BUCCLEUCH ,
Duke
of Queensberry,
Marquess
of Dumfriesshire,
Earl
of Buccleuch,
Earl
of Doncaster,
Earl
of Dalkeith,
Earl
of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar,
Viscount
of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross,
Lord
Scott of Buccleuch,
Lord
Scott of Quhitchester and Eskdaill,
Lord
Scott of Whitchester and Eskdale,
Baron
Scott of Tindall, Lord Douglas of Kinmont, Midlebie and Dornock and
Chief
of the Name and Arms of Scott (Sir
Walter Francis John MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT later SCOTT (initially adopted for
self and eldest son only, used by extension also for eldest s's children) KT
(1978), VRD (1959), JP (Roxburgh 1975), DL (Selkirkshire 1955, Roxburghshire
1962, Dumfriesshire 1974)) [His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT
VRD DL, Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET; Boughton House, Kettering, Northants;
Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill Dumfriesshire DG3 4AQ]; born 28 Sept 1923;
succeeded f 1973; educated Eton and Ch Ch Oxford; Lt-Cdr RNVR and
RNR 1942–71, WW II 1942–45, Hon Capt RNR 1988; MP (C) Edinburgh N 1960–73, PPS
to Sec State Scotland 1962–64; Ld-Lt Roxburghshire 1974–75, Selkirk 1975,
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1975–98; Chllr Order Thistle 1992–, Capt Roy Co
Archers, Lord Pres Cncl and Silver Stick for Scotland; Chm: RADAR 1977–93 (Pres
1993–), Buccleuch Heritage Tst 1985–, Living Landscape Tst 1985–, Assoc of
Ld-Lts 1990–; Pres: Roy Highland and Ag Soc Scotland 1969, St Andrew's Ambulance
Assoc 1972–, Roy Scottish Ag Benevolent Inst 1973–, Scottish Nat/l Inst for War
Blinded 1973–, Roy Blind Asylum and Sch, Galloway Cattle Soc, E of England Ag
Soc 1976, Cwlth Forestry Assoc 1979–99, V-Pres RSSPCC, Roy Scottish Forestry Soc
1994–96, Hon Pres Animal Diseases Research Assoc 1973–95, Moredun Fndn for
Animal Health and Welfare 1995–, Scottish Ag Organisation Soc, Countryside
Award, Countryside Commn and CLA 1983, Bledisloe Gold Medal 1992; Hon memb Co
Merchants of City of Edinburgh 1981, FRAgS 1996; married 10 Jan 1953
•Jane, only child of John McNeill, QC, MA, of Drumavuic, Appin, Argyll, and has:
1a +RICHARD JOHN WALTER,
Earl of Dalkeith, KBE (2000), DL (Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale
1987) [Earl of Dalkeith KBE DL, Dabton, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire DG3 5AR; 24
Lansdowne Rd, London W11 3LL]; born 14 Feb 1954 (HRH PRINCESS MARGARET
COUNTESS OF SNOWDON stood sponsor); educated Eton and Ch Ch Oxford (BA
1976); Page of Honour to HM QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER 1967–69; dir Border
TV 1989–90, memb Nature Conservancy Cncl 1989–92 and Scottish Nat/l Heritage
(Chm SW Bd) 1992–95; Scotland Ind TV Commn: Nat/l Memb 1990–95, Dep Chm 1996–98;
Chm: IBA 1990, Millenium Commn 1994–; Dist Cncllr Nithsdale 1984–90, Pres RSGS
1999–, Tstee Nat/l Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund 2000–, Brig
Roy Co Archers; married 31 Oct 1981 •Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr,
4th daughter of 12th Marquess of Lothian (qv), and has: 1b +Walter John
Francis, Lord Eskdaill; born 2 Aug 1984; Page of Honour to HM THE
QUEEN 1996–99 2b +Charles David
Peter; born 1987 1b •Louisa Jane
Theresa; born 1982 2b •Amabel Clare Alice;
born 1992 2a +(William Henry) John
[The Lord John Montagu Douglas Scott, CC480, Mecidiyeköy, 80303 3a +Damian Torquil
Francis Charles; born 8 Oct 1970 1a •Charlotte-Anne;
born 9 Jan 1966; married 1991 •Count Bernard de Castellane, s of
Count Albert de Castellane, of 1b •Boniface Louis
Albert Charles; born 1993 Lineage:
Sir
RICHARD le SCOT OF RANKILBURN and MURTHOCKSTON; swore fealty to EDWARD I 1296;
allegedly married –, daughter and heiress of Murthockston of that Ilk,
and had: ROBERT SCOTT OF
RANKILBURN and MURTHOCKSTON; died c 1389, leaving: Sir WALTER SCOTT OF
RANKILBURN and MURTHOCKSTON; granted charter of territorial Barony of Kirkurd by
ROBERT II 7 Dec 1389; killed in action Battle of Homildon Hill (Scottish
defeat by English) 11 Sept 1402, leaving: ROBERT SCOTT OF
RANKILBURN and MURTHOCKSTON; born by 18 Feb 1406/7; acquired part of the
lands of Branxholm, Roxburghshire; died 1426, having had issue, with a
younger son (Stephen, of Castlelaw): Sir WALTER SCOTT OF
BRANXHOLM; helped suppress 1455 the rebellious DOUGLASes, some of whose lands he
was granted by charter 22 Feb 1453, also the other half of the lands of
Branxholm; died 9 Feb 1469, leaving, with a younger son (Alexander,
ancestor of the SCOTT OF THIRLSTANE Bts; see NAPIER OF MERCHISTOUN, L,
and ETTRICK OF ETTRICK, B) an eldest son: DAVID SCOTT, feudal
Lord OF BUCCLEUCH (name derived from a legendary rescue of the then King of
Scots by a member of the Scott family who held back an aggressive buck in a
‘cleuch', or ravine); sat in Parl 1481 and 1487; Branxholm erected into a Barony
by charter 21 May 1488; died March 1492, having had, with a daughter
(Janet, married James Douglas 5th of Drumlanrig; see QUEENSBERRY,
M): DAVID OF BUCCLEUCH YR;
married Janet, daughter of 4th Earl of Angus (see HAMILTON and
BRANDON, D), and died in the lifetime of the father,
leaving: Sir WALTER SCOTT OF
BUCCLEUCH; married Elizabeth (died 19 Oct 1548), daughter of
Walter Kerr of Cessford (see LOTHIAN, M) and widow of Philip Rutherford,
and died by 15 April 1504, leaving an elder son: Sir WALTER SCOTT OF
BUCCLEUCH; Warden Middle March, knighted on field of Flodden (Scottish defeat by
English) 9 Sept 1513; tried to free the young JAMES V but defeated at Darnick,
nr Melrose, by Earl of Angus 25 July 1526; fought Battle of Pinkie (Scottish
defeat by English) 10 Sept 1547; married 1st c 1523 Elizabeth
Carmichael and had issue; married 2nd c 1530 Janet, daughter of
Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehurst (see LOTHIAN, M) and widow of George
Turnbull of Bedrule; married 3rd c 1544 Janet (died 1569),
daughter of John Betoun of Creich (see below) and widow of Sir James
Crichton, and was killed by the KERRs in the High Street of Edinburgh 4
Oct 1552, having had a further two sons and three daughters (one of whom,
presumably by the 3rd wife, was Grizel, married by 1570 6th Lord
Borthwick; qv); his s by his 1st w: Sir WILLIAM SCOTT OF
KIRKURD and OF BUCCLEUCH YR; fought Battle of Pinkie 10 Sept 1547; married
his stepmother's sister Grizel (married 2nd Sir Andrew Murray of
Blackbarony; see that Bt), 2nd daughter of John Betoun of Creich (see
above), and died in the lifetime of the father by 19 May 1552, having
had, with three daughters (including Margaret, married Sir John Johnstone
of Johnstone; see ANNANDALE AND HARTFELL, E): Sir WALTER SCOTT OF
BUCCLEUCH; born c 1549; Capt Newark Castle 1566–79; married
(contract 19 Jan 1567/8) Lady Margaret Douglas (married 2nd Francis
Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell (see MORAY, E), and died 1640),
daughter of 7th Earl of Angus (see HAMILTON and BRANDON, D), and died
17 April 1574, leaving an only son: Sir WALTER SCOTT,
1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch (S), so created 18 March 1606, PC (S
1611); born 1565; knighted 1590, Warden W March 1590; after carrying out
many raids into England was delivered up as a hostage during an outbreak of
peace 1579; helped quell Borders turbulence following JAMES VI's accession as
JAMES I of England; served Low Countries against Spain; married (contract
1 Oct 1586) Mary, sister of 1st Earl of Roxburghe (see ROXBURGHE, D), and
died 15 Dec 1611, having had, with other issue: 1a WALTER,
1st
Earl;
see below 1a Margaret; married
1st 1615 6th Lord Ross (died 1633; extinct 1754) and had issue;
married 2nd 6th Earl of Eglinto(u)n (see EGLINTON and WINTON, E)
and died 5 Oct 1652 2a Elizabeth; married
1616 2nd Lord Cranstoun (dormant or extinct 1689) and died without issue
The eldest
son, WALTER
SCOTT, 1st Earl of
Buccleuch, so created 16 March 1618/9, as also LORD SCOTT OF
QUHITCHESTER (i.e., Whitchester) AND ESKDAILL, both it would seem with
remainder ultimately to heirs gen (the titles as granted with the original
remainder were apparently to heirs male but can only have been surrendered and
regranted if the titles were to become heritable by females; given that females
did inherit, it may well be that all female issue and issue through females of
the 1st Earl are in remainder to that title and the Lordship of Scott of
Quhitchester; pending irrefutable proof of such a remainder, however, it has
been thought more convenient to the reader to treat such issue as being in the
same position towards the aforesaid titles as they are to the numerous other
titles that are held by the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry); cmded a regt
under the States of Holland against the Spaniards 1627; married (contract
11 and 15 Oct 1616) Lady Mary Hay (died 1631), daughter of 9th Earl of
Erroll (qv), and died 20 Nov 1633, having had, with other issue
(including an illegitimate daughter Margaret, married John Pringle of
Bartingbush; see PRINGLE OF STICHILL, Bt): 1a Walter, Lord
Scott; died an infant 2a FRANCIS,
2nd
Earl;
see below 1a Elizabeth; married
1641, as his 1st wife, 20th/4th Earl of Mar (qv) and died without
issue 2a Jean; married
1644 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (qv) and died 1688, leaving
issue The 1st EARL's only
surviving son, FRANCIS
SCOTT, 2nd Earl of
Buccleuch; born 21 Dec 1626; married (contract 25 July 1646)
Lady Margaret Leslie (married 3rd 13 Jan 1653 2nd Earl of Wemyss; see
WEMYSS and MARCH, E), daughter of 6th Earl of Rothes (qv) and widow
of Alexander, Lord Balgonie (see LEVEN and MELVILLE, E), and died
22 Nov 1651, having had, with other issue: 1a Walter, Lord
Scott; born 5 Nov 1648; died an infant 1a MARY Scott,
Countess of Buccleuch
in her
own right; born 31 Aug 1647; married 9 Feb 1659, as his 1st wife,
Walter SCOTT OF HIGHCHESTER (born 25 Dec 1644; created 4 Sept 1660
Earl of Tarras for life; died 9 April 1693; see POLWARTH, L); the
marriage aroused controversy due to the youth (11 and 14 respectively) of the
parties but was held good under an act of the Gen Assembly allowing such
marriages if there were grounds for fearing the bride might be abducted; she
died without issue 11 March 1661 2a ANNE Scott,
Countess of Buccleuch
in her
own right; born 11 Feb 1651; married 20 April 1663 Sir James SCOTT
previously CROFTS, KG, 1st DUKE OF MONMOUTH, so created 14 Feb 1663, as
also Earl of
Doncaster, Co York, and BARON
SCOTT OF TINDALL, Northumberland (all E, forfeited 15 July 1685 following his
failed uprising in favour of a Protestant succession and his consequent
attainder), bastard s of CHARLES II by Lucy, daughter of Richard Wa(l)ter(s), of
Haverfordwest, Pembs (for discussion as to doubts over CHARLES II's paternity,
see Charles Mosley, Blood Royal (2002), p. 233); on their marriage
day he was also created Duke of
Buccleuch, EARL OF DALKEITH and
LORD SCOTT OF WHITCHESTER AND ESKDALE (all S), with remainder to the heirs male
of his body by his then wife Anne, failing whom, to the heirs of his body who
should succeed to the estates and Earldom of Buccleuch; these latter titles,
together with the Earldom of Buccleuch possessed by Anne in her own right, were
unaffected by his attainder; they had, with other issue: 1b Charles, Earl of
Doncaster; born 24 Aug 1672; died 9 Feb 1673/4 2b James, Earl of
Doncaster to 1685, subsequently Earl of Dalkeith, KT (1704); born
23 May 1674; married 2 Jan 1693/4 Lady Henrietta Hyde (died 30
May 1730), daughter of 1st Earl of Rochester (see CLARENDON, E), and
died in the lifetime of the mother 14 March 1704/5, having had, with
other issue: 1c FRANCIS,
2nd
Duke;
see below 3b HENRY SCOTT, 1st
EARL OF DELORAIN, so created 29 March 1706, as also VISCOUNT OF HERMITAGE
and LORD GOLDIELANDS (all S), KB (1725); born 1676; Col 2nd Horse Gren
Gds 1715–17, 16th Foot 1724–30, 7th Horse July-Dec 1730, Maj Gen 1727, rep S
peer 1715–30; married 1st 1693 Anne, daughter of William Duncombe, of
Battlesden, Beds, Lord Justice Ireland; married 2nd 14 March 1726 Mary,
daughter of Charles Howard (gs of 1st Earl of Berkshire; see SUFFOLK and
BERKSHIRE, E), and died 25 Dec 1730, leaving by his 1st w: 1c FRANCIS SCOTT, 2nd
EARL OF DELORAIN; born 5 Oct 1710; married 1st 29 Oct 1732 Mary,
widow of Thomas Heardson and daughter of Matthew Lister; married 2nd 6
July 1737 Mary, eldest daughter of Gervase Scrope, of Cockerington, Lincs, and
died without issue 11 May 1739 2c HENRY SCOTT, 3rd
EARL OF DELORAIN; born 11 Feb 1712; Capt RN; married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Fenwick, and died 31 Jan 1739/40, leaving: 1d HENRY SCOTT, 4th
and last EARL OF DELORAIN; born 8 Feb 1737; married 16 Nov 1763
Frances, daughter of Thomas Heath, of Stansted, Essex, and widow of Hon Henry
Knight, and died without issue 10 Sept 1807, when his titles expired 2a (cont.) The
Countess/Duchess of
Buccleuch married 2nd 6 May 1688 3rd Baron
Cornwallis (see CORNWALLIS, B, preliminary remarks) and died 6 Feb
1732, having by him had: 1b Isabella; died
unmarried 18 Feb 1748 ANNE COUNTESS/DUCHESS
OF BUCCLEUCH's gs, FRANCIS
SCOTT, 2nd Duke of
Buccleuch, KT (1725); born 11 Jan 1694; rep S peer 1734–41; restored
by Act of Parl 22 March 1742/3 as EARL OF DONCASTER and BARON SCOTT OF TINDALL
only; married 1st 5 April 1720 Lady Jean Douglas (died 31 Aug
1729), 2nd daughter of 2nd Duke of Queensberry (see QUEENSBERRY, M), and
had, with other issue: 1a Francis, Earl of
Dalkeith; born 19 Feb 1720/1; MP (Whig) Boroughbridge 1746–50;
married 2 Oct 1742 Lady Caroline Campbell (married 2nd 15 Aug 1755
Rt Hon Charles Townsend, brother of 1st Marquess Townsend (qv), was
created 28 Aug 1767 Baroness Greenwich and died 11 Jan 1794, when
her Barony expired), eldest daughter of 2nd Duke of Argyll (qv), and
died in the lifetime of the father 1 April 1750, having had, with two
other sons and another dau: 1b John, Lord
(Scott of) Whitchester; born 3 Jan 1745; died 31
Jan 1748/9 2b HENRY,
3rd
Duke;
see below 1b Frances; born
posthumously 26 July 1750; married 13 May 1783, as his 2nd wife, 1st
Baron Douglas of Douglas (see 1857 edn) and died 31 March 1817,
leaving issue The 2nd Duke
married 2nd 4 Sept 1744 Alice (died without issue 31 Dec
1765), allegedly a Windsor washerwoman, daughter of Joseph Powell, and died
22 April 1751 His
gs, HENRY
SCOTT, 3rd Duke of
Buccleuch, KG (1794), KT (1767–94); born 2 Sept 1746; educated
Eton; Govr Roy Bank Scotland 1777–1812, Capt Gen Roy Co Archers 1778–1812,
Ld-Lt Midlothian and Haddington 1794–1812 and Roxburghshire 1804–12; inherited
estates of Dukes of Argyll through his mother 1794 and those of his cousin 4th
Duke of Queensberry 23 Dec 1810, simultaneously becoming, in accordance with the
limitation of a regrant of 17 June 1706, 5th Duke of Queensberry,
MARQUESS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE, EARL OF DRUMLANRIG AND SANQUHAR, VISCOUNT OF NITH,
TORTHORWALD AND ROSS and LORD DOUGLAS OF KINMONT, MIDLEBIE AND DORNOCK (all S);
married 2 May 1767 Elizabeth (died 21 Nov 1827), eldest daughter
and eventual heiress of 1st Duke of Montagu (see AILESBURY, M, and
MANCHESTER, D), and died 11 Jan 1812, having had: 1a George, Earl of
Dalkeith; born 25 March, died 29 May 1768 2a CHARLES WILLIAM
HENRY, 4th/6th
Duke;
see below 3a HENRY JAMES SCOTT
later MONTAGU-SCOTT, 2nd and last BARON MONTAGU OF BOUGHTON, Co Northampton
(GB), as which he succeeded his maternal grandfather 23 May 1790
according to the special remainder in the creation of 21 Aug 1786, which was to
the 2nd and every other younger son of his (the grantee's) daughter Elizabeth
Duchess of Buccleuch and their issue in tail male successively; born 16
Dec 1776; educated Eton and St John's College Cambridge; Ld-Lt
Selkirkshire 1823; married 22 Nov 1804 Hon Jane Margaret (died 10
Jan 1859), daughter of 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas (see above, also 1857
edn) by his 1st wife Lady Lucy Graham, daughter of 2nd Duke of Montrose
(qv), and died 30 Oct 1845, when the Barony expired, having had,
with other issue: 1b Lucy Elizabeth;
married 4 Dec 1832 11th Earl of Home (qv) and died 15 May
1877, leaving issue 1a Mary; married
29 Jan 1791 3rd Earl of Courtown (qv) and died 21 April 1823,
leaving issue 2a Elizabeth; married
6 Nov 1798 10th Earl of Home (qv) and died 29 June 1837,
leaving issue 3a Caroline; married
13 Aug 1803 6th Marquess of Queensberry (qv) and died 29 April
1854, leaving issue 4a Harriet; married
1 Dec 1806 6th Marquess of Lothian (qv) and died 18 April
1833, leaving issue The 3rd/5th DUKE's
eldest surviving son, CHARLES WILLIAM HENRY
SCOTT later MONTAGU SCOTT, 4th Duke of
Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry, KT (1812); born 24 May
1772; educated Eton and Christ's College Cambridge; Ld-Lt Selkirkshire
1794–98, Dumfriesshire 1798–1819 and Midlothian 1812–19; MP (Tory) Marlborough
1793–96 and 1806–07, Ludgershall 1796–1804 and St Michael's 1805–06; called up
to Ho Lds vp 11 April 1807 in f's Barony of Tynedale [sic]; Capt
Gen Roy Co Archers 1812–19; married 24 March 1795 his cousin Harriet
Catharine (died 24 Aug 1814), youngest daughter of 1st Viscount Sydney of
St Leonards (see TOWNSHEND, M), and died 20 April 1819, having
had, with other issue: 1a George Henry, Lord
(Scott of) Whitchester; born 2 Jan 1798; died 1
March 1803 2a WALTER FRANCIS,
5th/7th
Duke;
see below 3a John Douglas; born
13 July 1809; Gren Gds Offr; MP Roxburghshire; married 10 March 1836
Alicia Anne (resumed maiden name and died 12 March 1900), composer of
Annie Laurie, eldest daughter of John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode,
Berwicks (see BLG 1952), and died 3 Jan 1860 1a Charlotte Albinia;
married 4 July 1822 4th Earl of Courtown (qv) and died 29
Feb 1828, leaving issue 2a Isabella; married
9 Oct 1823 Hon Peregrine Francis Cust and died 9 Oct 1829, leaving
issue (see BROWNLOW, B) 3a Margaret Harriet;
married 7 Feb 1832 3rd Earl of Romney (qv) and died 5 June
1846, leaving issue 4a Harriet Janet Sarah;
married 29 March 1842 Rev Edward Moore, Rector Frittenden, Kent, s of Rev
G Moore, Preb Canterbury, and died 16 Feb 1870, having had issue The 4th/6th DUKE's
eldest surviving son, WALTER FRANCIS MONTAGU
SCOTT later MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT, 5th Duke of
Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG (1835), KT (1830–35), PC
(1842); born 25 Nov 1806; educated Eton and St John's College
Cambridge; DCL; ADC to HM QUEEN VICTORIA, Capt-Gen Roy Co Archers 1838–84, Ld-Lt
and Sheriff Pncpl Midlothian 1828–84 and Roxburghshire 1841–84, Hon Col 3rd Bn
Roy Scots Lothian Regt, High Steward Westminster, Chllr U of Glasgow, Lord Privy
Seal 1842–46, Lord Pres Cncl Jan-July 1846; married 13 Aug 1829 Lady
Charlotte Anne Thynne, VA (died 28 March 1895), youngest daughter of 2nd
Marquess of Bath (qv), and died 16 April 1884, having had, with
other issue: 1a WILLIAM HENRY,
6th/8th
Duke;
see below 2a HENRY JOHN DOUGLAS
SCOTT MONTAGU, 1st BARON MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU (qv) 3a Walter; born 2
March 1834; Capt 15th Hus; married 7 Oct 1858 Anna Maria (died 29
May 1886), 4th daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock Hartopp, 3rd Bt (see
1999 edn), and died 3 March 1895, having had, with other issue: 1b Francis Walter;
born 5 March 1860; Lt 52nd LI, Capt 3rd Bn Worcs Regt; married 1st
16 April 1896 Katherine Charlotte (died 12 Nov 1917), daughter of
Melville Portal (see PORTAL, Bt); married 2nd 25 May 1929
Ethelreda Marjory (died 4 Nov 1961), 2nd daughter of Rev Thomas Lane
Coulson Bridges (see below) and widow of Gilbert Neville Hodson (see
HODSON, Bt), and died without issue 5 Jan 1942 2b Walter George Leon;
born 12 Oct 1870; educated Eton; Capt 1st Lovat Scouts and F/Lt
RAF, Egyptian Army in Sudan 1914–19 (medals with clasps); married 31 May
1897 Alison Primrose Ralouka (died 8 Aug 1935), daughter of Col Warner
Heriot, of Spital House, Berwickshire, and died without issue 27 March
1969 1b Evelyn Mary; born
4 Aug 1865; married 16 Nov 1898 Rev Thomas Lane Coulson Bridges
(died 11 Oct 1932), Rector Warkton Northants 1888–1909 and Barton
Seagrave, Kettering, Northants, 1909–23 (see above), s of Henry Thomas
Bridges, of Camp House, Clifton, nr Bristol, and died 19 Dec 1948,
leaving issue 4a Charles Thomas (Sir),
GCB; born 20 Oct 1839; Adml, C-in-C Australian Station 1888–92, Plymouth
Station 1900–03, Baltic 1854 (medal), Black Sea 1855–56 (Crimean and Turkish
medals), China War 1857 (medal with clasp), Pearl's Naval Bde 1857–58 (Indian
medal); married 23 Feb 1883 Ada Mary (died 21 Nov 1943), daughter
of Charles Ryan, of Derriweit Heights, Macedon, Victoria, Australia, and died
21 Aug 1911, having had: 1b Charles William;
born 17 April 1884; educated Eton; FSI; married 4 April
1918 Hope Janet, only daughter of Lt-Col William Johnston Younger of Harmeny,
Balerno, Midlothian, and died without issue 18 Oct 1967 2b David John (Sir),
KCMG (1941), OBE (1919); born 7 March 1887; educated Eton; Clerk
FO 1911; Capt 3rd Bn Roy Scots (Lothian Regt) WW I (wounded, despatches), Chev
Legn Hon, Hon Maj 1937; FO: Cnsllr Embassy 1933, Assist U-Sec State 1938, Dep
U-Sec State 1944; married 1st 14 June 1918 Dorothy Charlotte (died
3 Dec 1965), 6th daughter of Cecil George Assheton Drummond (see
PERTH, E); married 2nd 31 July 1970 •Valerie Finnis,
horticulturalist, and by his 1st wife had: 1c Merlin; born
8 April 1919; 2nd Lt Rifle Bde WW II; killed in action Middle East
May 1941 1a Victoria; married
1st 23 Feb 1865 9th Marquess of Lothian (qv) and had issue;
married 2nd 21 Feb 1903 Bertram Chetwynd Talbot (see SHREWSBURY
and WATERFORD, E) and died 19 June 1938 2a Margaret Elizabeth;
married 9 Dec 1875 Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 24th Chief (qv) 3a Mary Charlotte;
married 24 July 1877 Col Hon Walter Randolph Trefusis and died 13
Dec 1908, leaving issue (see CLINTON, B) The 5th/7th DUKE's
eldest son, WILLIAM HENRY MONTAGU
DOUGLAS SCOTT, 6th Duke of
Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry, KG (1897), KT (1875–97), PC
(1901), JP (Selkirkshire), DL (Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire); born 9
Sept 1831; MP (C) Midlothian 1853–68 and 1874–80; Ld-Lt and Pres TFA
Dumfriesshire, Capt-Gen Roy Co Archers; married 22 Nov 1859 Lady Lousia
Jane Hamilton, VA (died 17 March 1912), 3rd daughter of 1st Duke of
Abercorn (qv), and died 5 Nov 1914, having
had: 1a Walter Henry, Earl
of Dalkeith; born 17 Jan 1861; accidentally killed while
deer-stalking 18 Sept 1886 2a JOHN CHARLES,
7th/9th
Duke;
see below 3a George William, OBE
(1919), JP, DL (Roxburghshire); born 31 Aug 1866; Lt-Col Lothians and
Border Horse Yeo, Capt 10th Hus, Boer War, WW I; memb Roy Co Archers; married
30 April 1903 Lady Elizabeth Emily Manners (died 22 July 1924),
youngest daughter of 7th Duke of Rutland (qv), and died 23 Feb
1947, leaving: 1b John Henry, MC
(1940), JP, DL (Roxburghshire); born 12 April 1911; educated Eton;
Lt-Col 9th Lancers WW II (wounded); memb Roy Co Archers; married 3 Feb
1954 •Ann Peace Arabella (Arbell) [Mrs John Montagu Douglas Scott, Kirklands,
Ancrum, Roxburghshire], only child of Capt Angus Alexander Mackintosh of
Mackintosh yr, RHG (Blues), and formerly wife of Maj John Anthony Warre, MC,
12th Roy Lancers, and died 1991, leaving: 1c +James George;
born 2 Oct 1959 1c •(Elizabeth)
Arabella [Mrs Peregrine Lewis, Cotfield, Lilliesleaf, Melrose, Borders TD6 9JW];
born 16 Feb 1956; married 1987 •Peregrine J Lewis, s of Maj
Raymond Lewis, 12th Roy Lancers, and has: 1d •Merlin John;
born 1991 1d •Arbell Eleanora;
born 1993 2b Claud Everard
Walter, MC (1943), TD; born 12 Oct 1915; educated Eton and Ch Ch
Oxford; Lt-Col Lothians and Border Horse WW II N Africa and Italy, memb Roy Co
Archers; married 23 Aug 1941 •Margaret Frances [Mrs Claud Montagu Douglas
Scott, Bourton Hill House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos], younger daughter of Brig-Gen
Lewis Francis Philips, CB, CBE, DSO, of Bembridge, IoW, and died 4 Nov
1994, leaving: 1c +Thomas Walter;
born 1 July 1943; educated Eton; married 1973 (divorce
1985) (Marion) Miranda, daughter of Hon Claud Stephen Phillimore (see
PHILLIMORE, B), and has: 1d •Alice; born
1978 1c •Katharine Margaret
[Mrs Robert Spencer Bernard, Bourton Hill House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos];
born 12 Jan 1946; married 12 April 1975 Robert Vere Spencer
Bernard (see MARLBOROUGH, D) 1b Phyllis Anne;
born 3 March 1904; married 14 June 1924 (divorce 1944) 4th
Baron Delamere (qv) and died 1978, leaving issue 2b Jeanetta Ruth;
born 19 Nov 1906; married 20 Jan 1937 Maj James William Stirling
Home Drummond Moray, JP, DL, Scots Gds (died 4 Aug 1968), elder son of
Capt William Augustus Stirling Home Drummond Moray 20th of Abercairny, JP, DL,
of Crieff, Perthshire (see BLG 1969), and died 6 Sept 1997, having
had: 1c Henry Alastair;
born 29 Oct 1937; died 21 March 1942 2c •William George
[William Stirling Home Drummond Moray of Abercairny, Abercairny, Crieff,
Perthshire]; born 22 Aug 1940; educated Eton and RAC Cirencester;
married 1st 7 Jan 1969 (divorce 1991) Angela Jane, daughter of
Lt-Cdr Michael John Baring, RN (see NORTHBROOK, B), and has: 1d •Anna Christian;
born 1971 2d •Frances Tara;
born 1974 3d •Georgina Jane;
born 1979 2c (cont.) William
Stirling Home Drummond Moray of Abercairny married 2nd 1991 •Emma Moyra,
elder daughter of Capt James Silvester Rattray of Rattray, 28th Chief
(qv), and by her has: 4d •Caroline; born
1992 3c •John Robert [John
Stirling Home Drummond Moray Esq, Royal Bank of Scotland Bldg, 33 South St,
Milnathort, Kinross KY13 9XA]; born 14 Oct 1943; educated Eton;
Capt Scots Gds, Kenya 1963–64, ADC to Govr Tasmania 1966–68, Capt Atholl Hldrs
1968–; FInstD; married 23 Oct 1971 (divorce 1979) Meriel Frances,
elder daughter of Peter Douglas Miller Stirling-Aird of Kippendavie, TD (see
BLG 1972); married 2nd 1981 (divorce 1997) Carole Anne, elder
daughter of John Norman Peniston, of Geneva, and by her has: 1d •Andrew James
George; born 1987 1d •Susannah Laura;
born 1984 3c (cont.) John
Stirling Home Drummond Moray has further issue by Carol Burns: 2d •Joanna Susan
DRUMMOND MORAY; born 2000 4c •David Maurice
[David Stirling Home Drummond Moray Esq, Abercairny Cottage, Crieff,
Perthshire]; born 6 March 1945; educated Eton; Capt Scots Gds,
Malaysia and Borneo 1966–67, Atholl Hldrs; married 1st 1976 (divorce
1987) Amanda Mary, daughter of Ian Bayles, of Victoria, Australia (see
1970 edn SHERBORNE, B), and has: 1d •Edwina Alice;
born 1980 4c (cont.) David
Stirling Home Drummond Moray married 2nd 1989 •Iona, daughter of John
Barber, of Majorca, and by her has: 1d •James Oliver;
born 1992 1d •Hermione Rose;
born 1995 1c Lucy Gwendolen;
born 20 Feb 1939; married 11 July 1964, as his 2nd wife, Capt Hon
(Desmond) Rupert Strutt (died 27 Feb 1993), youngest son of 3rd Baron
Belper (qv), and died 16 Sept 1993, leaving issue 3b Marjorie Katherine;
born 19 Nov 1906; married 1st 21 March 1935 Maj Thomas Archibald
Hacket-Pain, Irish Gds (killed in action 15 May 1940), elder son of
Brig-Gen Sir William Hacket-Pain, KBE, CB; married 2nd 4 Dec 1943 Adam
Bell (died 24 Aug 1966), eldest son of Frank Bell, of Winston, Co Durham,
and died 1994, leaving by him: 1c •Charles James;
born 14 Nov 1944; educated Eton; memb Roy Co Archers; married
1969 •Caroline Jane, daughter of Maj Peter Daniel Highton Fox, DSO, Green
Howards, and has: 1d •Jonathan George;
born 1972; educated Eton and Cambridge 1d •Susannah
Katherine Janet; born 1975 1c •Louisa; born
23 Jan 1947 4a Henry, JP
(Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire); born 15 Jan 1868;
educated Ch Ch Oxford (MA); Hon Col 3rd Bn Roy Scots (Lothian Regt), cmdg
3rd Bn Roy Scots 1907–12, Boer War, WW I (despatches five times); Lt Roy Co
Archers; died unmarried 19 April 1945 5a Herbert Andrew, CMG
(1916), DSO (1901), DL (London); born 30 Nov 1872; Capt 3rd Bn Roy Scots,
Lt-Col Irish Gds and TF, cmded 1st/23rd London Regt France, Assist Mil Sec 1st
and 3rd Armies France, Med Expdny Force, Dep Assist Mil Sec WO, served Boer War
(Queen's Medal, eight clasps), WW I (despatches, Offr Legn Hon); memb: Roy Co
Archers, Gentlemen-at-Arms 1922–35, Advsy Cncl BOT 1934–37; KJStJ; Chm
Rolls-Royce and London Chamber Commerce Educn Ctee 1934; Pres: London Chamber
Commerce 1928–31, Fedn Br Industries 1934–35, Roy Warrant Holders' Assoc
1936–37; V-Pres Br Assoc Chambers Commerce 1931; Silver Jubilee medal 1935 and
Coronation medals 1911 and 1937; married 26 April 1905 Marie Josephine
(died 15 Feb 1965), younger daughter of James Edwards, of Dovercourt,
Essex, and died 17 June 1944, leaving: 1b (Claud) Andrew, DSO
(1943) and bar (1944); born 13 July 1906; educated Eton; Col
formerly cmdg Irish Gds, WW II as Brig cmdg 1st Gds Bde (despatches); OStJ, memb
London Stock Exchange; married 1st 10 Aug 1929 (divorce 1951) Lady
Victoria Doris Rachel Haig (died 1993), 2nd daughter of 1st Earl Haig
(qv), and had: 1c +Douglas Andrew,
OBE [Capt Douglas Montagu Douglas Scott OBE, Halford House, Halford, nr
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwicks]; born 21 June 1930; educated Eton;
late Capt Irish Gds and ADC to Govr S Australia; married 1st 12 Oct 1954
(divorce 1977) Bridget Elizabeth, only daughter of AVM Sir Robert
Allingham George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC, and adopted: Adam; born 12
Nov 1961; died 1969 •Emily; born
1970 •Lucy Rosemary;
born 1972 1c (cont.) Capt
Douglas Montagu Douglas Scott married 2nd 1977 •Daphne Maureen, only
daughter of Dr Cyril de Vere Shortt, of Winchcombe, Glos, and formerly wife of
William George Fearnley-Whittingstall (see BLG 1969) 1c •Henrietta [Lady
Griffin, Barton's Cottage, Bushy Park, Teddington, Middx TW11 0EA]; born
9 Dec 1934; married 1 May 1962 •Maj Sir (Arthur) John Stewart
Griffin, KCVO (qv), s of Arthur Wilfred Michael Stewart Griffin, of
Greathed Manor, Lingfield, Surrey, and has issue 1b (cont.) Brig Andrew
Montagu Douglas Scott married 2nd 4 May 1951 Zalia (died 1986),
youngest (twin) daughter of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE, by Inez Alfreda,
younger daughter of Alfred Lubbock (see AVEBURY, B) and formerly wife of
Lt-Col Esmond Charles Baring, OBE (see ASHBURTON, B), and died 24
Jan 1971, leaving by her: 2c +Nicholas Herbert;
born 17 Nov 1954; educated Eton 1b Marian Louisa;
born 16 June 1908; married 1st 1 Nov 1927 Col Andrew Henry
Ferguson, Life Gds (died 4 Aug 1966), s of Brig-Gen Algernon Ferguson, of
Polebrook Hall, Oundle, Peterborough, and had issue (see HAMPDEN, V, and
ROYAL FAMILY); married 2nd 30 Oct 1968 Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker
Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC, DL, RAF (died 1982), 4th s of Rev William Heaton
Elmhirst, of Barnsley, Yorks (see BLGY 2004 ELMHIRST of Dartington Hall
and Elmhirst), and died 11 Dec 1996 2b •Patricia Katharine
[The Rt Hon Patricia Countess of Dundee, Coultra Farm House, Newport-on-Tay,
Fife DD6 8SE]; born 9 Oct 1910; married 1st 8 July 1931 Lt-Col
Walter Douglas Faulkner, MC, Irish Gds (killed in action May 1940), only
surviving son of James Faulkner, and has had: 1c David James;
born 8 Nov 1932; educated Eton; Maj Irish Gds; married 26
April 1958 •Victoria Mary Rose [Mrs David Faulkner, Haugh House, Longworth,
Abingdon, Berks], eldest daughter of Robert James Buxton (see BUXTON,
Bt), and died 1993, leaving: 1d •John Douglas;
born 29 May 1959 2d •Thomas Patrick;
born 21 March 1965 3d •Matthew James;
born 1 March 1968 4d •Robert David;
born 27 Feb 1970 1d •Katherine Rose;
born 7 Sept 1960 1c •Hermione Patricia;
born 14 Jan 1937; married 1 May 1966, as his 2nd wife, Sir
(Rupert) Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Bt (see ERROLL, E) 2b (cont.) Mrs Walter
Faulkner married 2nd 9 Sept 1940 Lt-Col David Scrymgeour Wedderburn, DSO,
Scots Gds (died on active service March 1944), and has further issue
(see DUNDEE, E); married 3rd 30 Oct 1946 11th Earl of Dundee
(qv) and has further issue 6a Francis George (Sir),
KCMG (1937), DSO (1914); born 1 Nov 1879; Lt-Col Gren Gds Boer War, ADC
to Viceroy India 1905–11, WW I (wounded, despatches, brevet), WW II with E
African Forces 1941–45 (despatches); MLC Kenya 1925–52, Unofficial Memb Exec
Cncl 1932–36 and 1937–44; married 11 Feb 1915 Lady Eileen Nina Evelyn
Sibell Elliot (died 29 May 1938), daughter of 4th Earl of Minto
(qv), and died 26 July 1952, leaving: 1b Pamela Violet, of
Deloraine, Rongai, Kenya; born 7 July 1916; died 5 Feb 1992 2b •Moyra Eileen [Mrs
David Smiley, 30 Kensington Mansions, Trebovir Rd, London SW5 9TQ]; born
15 March 1919; educated privately, Limuru Girl's Sch Kenya and Downe
Ho Sch; FANY 1939–42 (Lt) (despatches 1941); with BBC 1945–; married 1st
28 Feb 1942 Maj Hugo Douglas Tweedie, Scots Gds (killed in action NE
Europe 8 April 1945), elder son of John Tweedie, and has: 1c •Gavin Hugo [Maj
Gavin Tweedie, Butterhall, Minto, Hawick, Roxburghshire TD9 8SD]; born 2
Aug 1944; educated Eton, Ch Ch Oxford (MA) and RMA Sandhurst; Maj RHG
(Blues and Royals) (ret); married 25 April 1974 •Philippa Mary, daughter
of Maj Michael Andrews, of Quarry House, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and has: 1d •Esmond Michael
Xan; born 7 June 1976; educated Eton and U of Durham (BA) 2d •Alexander David;
born 11 April 1978; educated Eton, Newcastle U (BA) and RMA
Sandhurst 1c •Anna Bridget
Eileen [Mrs Douglas Robb, Muthaiga Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya]; born 18
Dec 1942; MCSP; married 1st 30 April 1971 (divorce 1986) Peter
Robert McFerran, s of Ian McFerran, of Karen, Kenya, and has: 1d •Hugo; born
1975 1d •Lucinda; born
1972 1c (cont.) Mrs Anna
McFerran married 2nd 28 March 1998 •Douglas Robb, and has by him: 2d •Miranda; born
23 March 2002 2b (cont.) Mrs Hugo
Tweedie married 2nd 28 April 1947 •Col David de Crespigny Smiley, LVO,
OBE, MC, RHG (Blues), 3rd son of Sir John Smiley, 2nd Bt (qv), and has
further issue 1a Katharine Mary;
born 25 March 1875; married 29 April 1899 3rd Viscount Hampden
(qv) and died 7 March 1951, leaving issue 2a Constance Anne;
born 10 March 1877; Pres Nairnshire Nursing Assoc; married 21 Jan
1908 Hon Douglas Halyburton Cairns, youngest son of 1st Earl Cairns (qv),
and died 7 May 1970, leaving issue The 6th/8th DUKE's
eldest son, JOHN CHARLES MONTAGU
DOUGLAS SCOTT, 7th Duke of
Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry, KT, GCVO, JP and DL (Selkirk
and Roxburghshire), DL (Edinburgh); born 30 March 1864; Lt RN; MP (C)
Roxburghshire 1895–1906; Lord Clerk Register Scotland 1926–35, Hon Col 78th
(Lowland) Field Bde RA (TA) 1929–34, Capt-Gen Roy Co Archers, Ld-Lt
Dumfriesshire; married 30 Jan 1893 Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman (died
7 Aug 1954), 2nd daughter of 4th Earl of Bradford (qv), and died
19 Oct 1935, leaving: 1a WALTER JOHN,
8th/10th
Duke;
see below 2a William Walter, MC
(1918); born 17 Jan 1896; educated Eton; Capt Res Offrs 10th Hus,
ADC to Govr-Gen and C-in-C Canada 1925–26, Lt-Col WW II (despatches), memb Roy
Co Archers, MP Roxburgh and Selkirk 1935–50; married 27 April 1937 Lady
Rachel Douglas-Home (died 4 April 1996), younger daughter of 13th Earl of
Home (qv), and died 30 Jan 1958, leaving: 1b +Walter William;
born 24 June 1946; educated Eton and Keble College Oxford;
married 1991 •Mrs Teresa Fisher, only daughter of Anatole Urbaniak, of
Cape Town 1b •Margaret Elizabeth;
born 19 April 1938 2b •Frances Henrietta;
born 3 Aug 1940; married 18 Jan 1968 •3rd Baron Cranworth
(qv) and has issue 3b •Rosemary Alice;
born 3 Aug 1940; married 22 Feb 1978 •Mark Collins, s of Sir
William Collins, and has: 1c •Sampson William
Francis; born 1982 2c •Benjamin Mark
Timothy; born 1984 4b •Jean Louise;
born 6 June 1943; married 14 March 1968 •Sir George
Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th Bt (qv), and has issue 3a George Francis John;
born 8 July 1911 (TM GEORGE V and QUEEN MARY stood sponsors); educated
Eton and Ch Ch Oxford (BA); Brevet-Col TARO, formerly Maj 10th Hus and 23rd
Hus, Lt-Col Northants Yeo in Europe WW II (despatches); memb Roy Co Archers;
married 16 Dec 1938 Mary Wina Mannin (Molly) (died 1 Nov 1998),
portrait painter, only daughter of Lt-Col Harry Oswald Bishop, of Harewood,
Andover, Hants, and died 8 June 1999, leaving: 1b +David Henry George
[David Montagu Douglas Scott Esq, 19 Petworth St, London SW11]; born 29
Jan 1945 (HRH THE 1st DUKE OF GLOUCESTER stood sponsor); educated Eton;
married 10 June 1967 •Laura Jane, youngest daughter of St John Bernard
Vyvyan Harmsworth (see ROTHERMERE, V), and has: 1c •Lucy Rose; born
18 May 1969 2c •Harriet Mary;
born 1972 1b •Georgina Mary [The
Rt Hon The Lady O'Neill, Shane's Castle, County Antrim, N Ireland]; born
28 Nov 1940; married 10 June 1963 •4th Baron O'Neill (qv) and
has issue 2b •Charmian Rachel
[Mrs Colin Campbell, 23 Lansdowne Gdns, London SW8]; born 18 July 1942;
married 11 Nov 1964 (divorce 1977), as his 1st wife, Archibald
Hugh Stirling of Keir (see HERON-MAXWELL OF SPRINGKELL, Bt); married
2nd 1987 •Colin Guy Napier Campbell and has issue by her 1st husb 1a Margaret Ida; born
13 Nov 1893; married 16 Feb 1926 Adml Sir Geoffrey Alan Brooke
Hawkins, KBE, CB, MVO, DSC, s of Capt Herbert Reginald Montgomery Hawkins, of St
Fenton's, Co Dublin, and died 17 Dec 1976, leaving issue 2a Sybil Anne; born
14 July 1899; married 14 May 1919 Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps, 1st
Life Gds (died 12 Jan 1960), of Chalcot, Wilts, and had issue 3a •Alice Cristabel,
GCB, CI, GCVO, GBE [HRH PRINCESS ALICE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER GCB CI GCVO GBE, 1
Kensington Palace, London W8]; born 25 Dec 1901; Air Ch Marshal RAF,
Col-in-Ch KOSB and Roy Anglian Regt, Dep Col-in-Ch King's Roy Hus, Hon V-Pres Br
Red Cross, Dep Cmdt St John's Ambulance, Pres Queen's Nursing Inst and former
Pres RAM; Patron: BLESMA, Methodist Internat Centre, Queen Margaret U College;
retired from public duties spring 2002 but retains various posts; Freedom
Edinburgh 1937, Gloucester 1939, Belfast 1952, GCStJ; married 6 Nov 1935
HRH PRINCE HENRY WILLIAM FREDERICK ALBERT, 1st DUKE OF GLOUCESTER (died
10 June 1974), and has issue (see ROYAL FAMILY) 4a Mary Theresa, CStJ;
born 4 March 1904; married 10 Jan 1929 (divorce 1946) 6th
Marquess of Exeter (qv) and died 1984, having had issue 5a Angela Christine
Rose; born 26 Dec 1906; married 28 April 1936 V-Adml Sir Peter
Dawnay, KCVO, CB, DSC, and died Sept 2000, leaving issue (see
DOWNE, V) The 7th/9th DUKE's
eldest son, WALTER JOHN MONTAGU
DOUGLAS SCOTT, 8th Duke of
Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry, KT (1949), GCVO (1935), TD,
PC (1937), JP (Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire), DL (Selkirkshire); born
30 Dec 1894; educated Eton and Ch Ch Oxford; Col TA, formerly Capt
Gren Gds, cmded 4th Bn KOSB 1923–30, ADC to Govr-Gen Canada; MP Roxburghshire
and Selkirk 1923–35; Ld-Lt Roxburghshire 1932, Govr RBS 1935–68, Capt-Gen Roy Co
Archers and Gold Stick Scotland, Lord Steward Household 1937–40, Hon LLD
Edinburgh 1953 and St Andrews 1956; Pres: Roy Scottish Foresters Soc 1941–46,
Roxburghshire TAA, St Andrews Amb Assoc, Cwlth Forestry Assoc; married 21
April 1921 Vreda Esther Mary (died 1993), elder daughter of Maj William
Frank Lascelles (see HAREWOOD, E), and died 4 Oct 1973,
leaving: 1a (WALTER FRANCIS) JOHN
SCOTT, 9th and present Duke
of Buccleuch and 11th and present Duke
of Queensberry 1a •Elizabeth Diana [Her
Grace The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, Friar's Well, Hulne Park, Alnwick,
Northumberland NE66 2LJ; Clive Lodge, Albury, Surrey GU5 9AB]; born 1922;
WW II as 3rd Offr WRNS; Hon Dr U Newcastle Polytechnic (Northumbria U); Hon Col
6th Bn Northumberland Fus; married 12 June 1946 10th Duke of
Northumberland (qv) and has issue 2a •Caroline Margaret
[The Rt Hon The Lady Gilmour of Craigmillar, The Ferry House, Old Isleworth,
Middx]; born 1927; a bridesmaid to HRH THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH (now HM THE
QUEEN) 20 Nov 1947; married 10 July 1951 Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
(qv) and has issue Seats:
Boughton House,
Kettering, Northants; Bowhill, Selkirk, Borders Region; Drumlanrig, Thornhill,
Dumfriesshire. Boughton is the work
of the 1st Duke of Montagu of the 1705 creation (see MANCHESTER, D), who
was Ambassador to France in the 1660s and 1670s. He seems to have acquired a
taste for the native civilisation while en poste and back home in England
added to what had originally been a 15th-century monastery a wholly
French-looking mansion, complete with mansard roof, high rectangular windows and
an arcade on the park side. The work was not complete by the Duke's death in
1709 but much of it had been laid out by 1695. The old monastery had already
been extended in a somewhat haphazard way (the MONTAGUs had owned the property
since the late 1520s) and the result was a series of no fewer than seven
courtyards. Inside, particularly in the state apartments, Boughton is a monument
to the age it was enlarged in, with parquet floors, ceilings and friezes by
Louis Chéron, panelling, murals, Restoration and William-and-Mary furniture and
Mortlake tapestries. The collection of paintings, which includes works by
Batoni, Carracci, El Greco, Gainsborough and Van Dyck, is of the first
importance. The property came to the BUCCLEUCHs through the daughter of the 2nd
and last Duke of Montagu of the 1705 creation. Bowhill is more
obviously the centre of an estate than the other two seats. Indeed
architecturally it is not terribly distinguished, even though the Victorian
alterations which so enlarged it were carried out very much with one respectful
eye on its classical origins. The estate was a Scott property from some way back
but passed into the ownership of a branch of the MURRAYs between 1690 and 1745.
It was under these alien proprietors that the house itself was begun, probably
as an intended hunting lodge. The 2nd Duke bought back the place as a
residence for his younger son in 1745, a year which saw not just a piece of real
estate change hands but very nearly the Crown. His plans, like Bonnie Prince
Charlie's, were frustrated: the younger son soon died, as did the Duke
himself, and Bowhill passed to the next holder of the title, who lived
elsewhere. It was not till the 4th Duke's time that Bowhill came to be
occupied by the family, though even now it was only as a summer retreat to begin
with. The surrounding
landscape must have cast a spell, however, for on succeeding to the title the
4th Duke adopted Bowhill as one of his main homes, commissioning William
Atkinson to tack on a villa-style extension to the south side and throwing out
east and west wings a few years afterwards, in the case of the former so as to
accommodate a dining room. Just over a decade later another architect, William
Burn (see also BRODIE OF BRODIE, section Seat), shifted the main
entrance round to the north face, allowing the southerly one to be used for
private access. He also shook up Bowhill's internal organs, repositioning the
principal staircase in the westerly part of the building and knocking down
intervening walls to create a larger saloon and drawing room at the expense of
what had been self-contained hallways contiguous to them. Burn continued to be
occupied remodelling Bowhill for just about the rest of his life, despite
formally abandoning his lucrative Edinburgh practice for a still more lucrative
London one in 1844. Indeed his position seems to have been looked on not just as
that of estate master builder but as almost hereditary, since after his death in
1870 further work continued under his nephew J MacVicar Anderson. It was the
latter who erected the billiard room, the former chapel, which nowadays shelters
relics of the Duke of Monmouth, and - perhaps as a profane counterweight - the
smoking room. Bowhill's contents,
like Boughton's, are of the first importance. They include works by such
distinguished portraitists as Gainsborough, Kneller, Lely, Reynolds and Van Dyck
and such leading landscape or townscape artists as Canaletto, Guardi, Lorrain
and Ruysdael. The Bowhill collection of miniatures includes Hilliards, a Holbein
and the celebrated but unfinished depiction of OLIVER CROMWELL by Samuel Cooper.
There are also tapestries from the Mortlake works and examples of the finest
boulle, Sévres and Meissen. The gem of the collection for many is the Louis
Quatorze looking glass presented to Monmouth by CHARLES II. It was a dangerous
gift: had the admittedly godlike youth been less beguiled by his own
attractiveness he might not have fallen victim to the hubris that led him
ultimately to the block. A study contains memorabilia of Sir Walter Scott, a
friend of the 4th Duke. Drumlanrig dates from
approximately the same period as Boughton but on the whole looks backwards
rather than to contemporary influences. It is usually regarded as the last of
the pre-classical mansions in Scotland. It was built in the period 1679–91,
probably by Robert Mylne, master mason to the King, or alternatively by James
Smith, Mylne's son-in-law. Despite this supposedly reactionary purpose, there
are decorative features such as the balustrade surmounting the elevation, the
steps up to the front door and the mouldings round the door itself which would
never have appeared on a castle built for defence alone, as the previous castle
on the site had been. Even the pink colour of the sandstone is hardly warlike.
Constructed by the DOUGLASes shortly after the Restoration, Drumlanrig passed to
the Scott BUCCLEUCHs along with the Douglas Dukedom of Queensberry. Bonnie
Prince Charlie spent the night at Drumlanrig while withdrawing back into the
Scottish Highlands in December 1745. One of the relics of his career is a field
kettle he used on campaign, also a teapot supposed to have been Flora
Macdonald's. As with the two other
Buccleuch properties, Drumlanrig also contains superb paintings: a Breughel, a
Cuyp, Knellers, Lelys, Allan Ramsays, Teniers. There is even a Holbein, a
Leonardo and a Rembrandt. Some of the carvings over the doors are by Grinling
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