Duke of Buccleuch (/bəˈkluː/bə-KLOO), formerly also speltDuke of Buccleugh, is a title in thePeerage of Scotland created twice on 20 April 1663, first forJames Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and secondsuo jure for his wifeAnne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son ofKing Charles II, wasattainted after rebelling against his uncleKing James II and VII, but his wife's title was unaffected and passed on to their descendants, who have successively borne the surnamesScott,Montagu-Scott,Montagu Douglas Scott andScott again. In 1810,the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited theDukedom of Queensberry, also in thePeerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from theMarquessate of Queensberry.
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Creation date | 1663 |
Created by | Charles II |
Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
First holder | James Scott |
Present holder | Richard Scott, 10th Duke |
Heir apparent | Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
Remainder to | the 1st Duke'sheirs maleof the body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Marquess of Dumfriesshire Earl of Buccleuch Earl of Dalkeith Earl of Doncaster Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross Baron Scott of Tindale Lord Scott of Buccleuch Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock |
Seat(s) | Bowhill House Drumlanrig Castle Boughton House Eildon Hall (Scottish Borders) Dalkeith Palace* |
Former seat(s) | Montagu House |
Motto | Amo ("I love")[1] |
*Dalkeith Palace remains in the ownership of the Dukes, but is not presently inhabited by them or their family. |
The substantial origin of the ducal house of the Scotts of Buccleuch dates back to the large grants of lands inScotland to Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border chief, byKing James II, in consequence of the fall ofthe 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), but the family traced their descent back to a Sir Richard le Scott (1240–1285).Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (died 1552) distinguished himself at theBattle of Pinkie Cleugh (1547). His great-grandsonSir Walter was createdLord Scott of Buccleuch in 1606.[2]
Other subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are:Earl of Buccleuch (1619),Earl of Dalkeith (1663) andLord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Duke also holds the two subsidiary titles of the attaintedDukedom of Monmouth, namelyEarl of Doncaster (1663) andBaron Scott of Tindale (1663) (both in the Peerage of England), and several subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Queensberry, namelyMarquess of Dumfriesshire (1683),Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682),Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) andLord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindale had been forfeit at the time of the first Duke's attainder, but the titles were restored to the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch in 1742. Until 1835, the Dukes also held lands in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the ancient title ofLord of Bowland. The Duke of Buccleuch is the hereditarychief ofClan Scott.[3] The holder is one of only five people in the UK to hold two or more different dukedoms, the others being theDuke of Cornwall,Rothesay, andCambridge (all currently held by thePrince of Wales), theDuke of Hamilton and Brandon, theDuke of Argyll (who holds two dukedoms named Argyll), and theDuke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
Thecourtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir isEarl of Dalkeith; and that of Lord Dalkeith's eldest son and heir isLord Eskdaill.
The novelist SirWalter Scott, Bart., was directly descended of the Lords of Buccleuch. His family history, fancifully interpreted, is the main subject of much ofThe Lay of the Last Minstrel.
The current Duke of Buccleuch,Richard Scott, the 10th Duke, is one of the largest private landowners in Scotland with some 200,000 acres (over 80,000 hectares)[4][5] and chairman of the Buccleuch Group, a holding company with interests in commercial property, rural affairs, food, and beverages. The title originally comes from a holding in theScottish Borders, nearSelkirk.
Thefamily seats areBowhill House, three miles from Selkirk, representing the Scott line;Drumlanrig Castle inDumfries and Galloway, representing the Douglas line; andBoughton House in Northamptonshire, England, representing the Montagu line. These three houses are still lived in by the family and are also open to the public. The family also ownsDalkeith Palace in Midlothian, which is let, and has owned several other country houses and castles in the past. Its historic London residence wasMontagu House, Whitehall, now demolished and replaced by theMinistry of Defence.
William Montagu Douglas Scott, The Earl of Dalkeith, who became the 7th Duke of Buccleuch was elected President of St. Andrew's Ambulance Association in 1908. The Presidency of the Association (now St Andrew's First Aid) has been held by the Buccleuch family from that date.
Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife ofPrince Andrew, Duke of York, is a great-great-granddaughter of the6th Duke of Buccleuch.
The7th Duke of Buccleuch had a daughter,Alice, whomarriedPrince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (third son ofKing George V and uncle ofQueen Elizabeth II) in 1935, becoming a member of theBritish Royal Family.Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester andPrince William of Gloucester are grandsons of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
Most of the Dukes of Buccleuch (the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th) are buried in the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary'sEpiscopal Church,Dalkeith, Midlothian. The 2nd Duke (died 1751) is buried inEton College Chapel. The most recent Dukes (the 8th and 9th) are buried among the ruins ofMelrose Abbey inMelrose.[6]
Dukes of Buccleuch are invariably granted the honour of Knight of theOrder of the Thistle.[7]
Feudal barons ofBuccleuch (1488)
edit- David Scott, 1st of Buccleuch (diedc. 1491/2)
- Walter Scott, 2nd of Buccleuch (diedc. 1504)
- Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch, 3rd of Buccleuch (died 1552)
- Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch (c. 1549–1574)
- Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch (1565–1611) (createdLord Scott of Buccleuch in 1606)
Lords Scott of Buccleuch (1606)
edit- Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1565–1611), son of the 4th Baron
- Walter Scott, 2nd Lord Scott of Buccleuch (died 1633) (createdEarl of Buccleuch in 1619)
Earls of Buccleuch (1619)
edit- Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch (died 1633)
- Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch (1626–1651)
- Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (1647–1661)
- Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch (1651–1732) was createdDuchess of Buccleuch in 1663
Dukes of Buccleuch, first creation (1663)
edit- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (1649–1685) was executed for theMonmouth Rebellion and his honours forfeit
Dukes of Buccleuch, second creation (1663)
edit- Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651–1732)
- Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695–1751)
- Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746–1812) (succeeded asDuke of Queensberry)
- Charles William Henry Montagu Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772–1819), second son of the 3rd Duke
- Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806–1884)
- William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, 8th Duke of Queensberry (1831–1914)
- John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, 9th Duke of Queensberry (1864–1935)
- Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry (1894–1973)
- Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, 11th Duke of Queensberry (1923–2007)
- Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch, 12th Duke of Queensberry (b. 1954)
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (b. 1984)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Willoughby Ralph Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord Eskdaill (b. 2016)
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Coats of arms
edit- Ancestral Scott arms:Or on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the field[10]
- Arms of the 1st Duke of Monmouth & Buccleuch
- Arms of the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
- Arms of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch
- Arms of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch
- Arms of the 8th to 10th Duke of Buccleuch[11]
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- Notes
- ^James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, a homicidal maniac, was excluded from the line of succession to the Dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover when his father — the 2nd Duke of Queensberry — surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles back to the Crown and obtained a new grant with the same precedence for the surrendered titles that altered the succession to his second son and then the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. The succession of the Marquessate continued in remainder to the heirs male of the 1st Earl of Queensberry.
In media
edit- Nick Carraway, the narrator ofF. Scott Fitzgerald'sThe Great Gatsby, says his family has "a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch", but then points out that this is not true.
See also
edit- Buccleuch, Scottish Borders
- Clan Douglas
- Clan Scott
- Clan Stewart as they are descendants of the Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II
- Duke of Buccleugh (ship) – several ships with that name
References
edit- ^Berry, William; Glover, Robert (1828).Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry. Published by the author. p. 460.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Buccleuch, Dukes of".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 712.
- ^"Requirements for recognition".The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Archived fromthe original on 7 August 2012.
- ^Who owns Scotland? The changing face of Scotland's landowners, Andrew Picken & Stuart Nicolson, BBC Scotland News, published 21 May 2019
- ^Ross, David (5 June 2013)."Questions raised over land swap deal with billionaire".The Herald. Retrieved12 January 2015.
- ^"St Mary's Episcopal Chapel - Clan Scott Scotland". Archived from the original on 9 January 2017.
- ^Annex 1
- ^Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Buccleuch and Queensberry".Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. pp. 409–412.ISBN 2-940085-02-1.
- ^Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Buccleuch and Queensberry".Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 692–697.ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
- ^Scots Peerage, p. 249
- ^scotarmigers.net
Attribution
edit- Kidd, Charles (1903).Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 178.
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921).Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 146.
External links
edit- Buccleuch Estates
- Montagu-Douglas-Scott Family TreeArchived 14 February 2016 at theWayback Machine