Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch

Charles Montagu-Scott,
4th Duke of Buccleuch

Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry, KT (24 May 1772 – 20 April 1819) was the son of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth Montagu. His maternal grandparents were George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu and Lady Mary Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu and Lady Mary Churchill.

Early life, marriage and family

Charles William Henry Montagu Scott, known by the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith, was born in England on 24 May 1772. He was the fourth child of seven, and second son born to Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth Montagu. His elder brother George had died when only two months old after receiving a smallpox inoculation.

On 24 March 1795, Lord Dalkeith married the Honourable Harriet Katherine Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, and they had seven children:

• Lord George Henry Scott (2 January 1798 – March, 1808)
• Lady Charlotte Albina Montagu Scott (16 July 1799 – 29 February 1828)
• Lady Isabella Mary Montagu Scott (1805 – 9 October 1829)
• Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884)
• Lord John Douglas Scott (13 July 1809 – 3 January 1860)
• Lady Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott (12 June 1811 – 5 June 1846)
• Harriet Janet Sarah Scott (b. 1814, d. 16 February 1870), who married the Rev. Edward Moore and was the mother of Admiral Sir Arthur Moore

Cricket career

Lord Dalkeith was an amateur cricketer who made four known appearances in major cricket matches in 1797. He was a member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Death

Charles William Henry Montagu Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry, died on 20 April 1819, in his 47th year, at Lisbon, Portugal, from tuberculosis. Having survived the death of his first born son in 1808, he was succeeded by his second born son, the twelve-year-old Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott.

Titles, honours and awards

• birth: Earl of Dalkeith
• 11 January 1812: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury
• 22 May 1812: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury KT

External links

• CricketArchive record
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Buccleuch

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Earl of Courtown Thomas Bruce	Member of Parliament for Marlborough with Thomas Bruce 1793 – 1796	Succeeded by Lord Bruce James Bruce
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Harbord Nathaniel Newnham	Member of Parliament for Ludgershall with Thomas Everett 1796 – 1804	Succeeded by Thomas Everett Magens Dorrien Magens
Preceded by Lord Bruce James Leigh	Member of Parliament for Marlborough with Lord Bruce 1807 – 1810	Succeeded by Lord Bruce Viscount Stopford
Preceded by Robert Ainslie Robert Dallas	Member of Parliament for Mitchell with Robert Ainslie 1805 – 1806	Succeeded by Sir Christopher Hawkins Frederick Trench
Honorary titles
New office	Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire 1794 – 1797	Succeeded by The Lord Napier
Preceded by The Duke of Queensberry	Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1797 – 1819	Succeeded by The Marquess of Queensberry
Preceded by The Duke of Buccleuch	Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian 1812 – 1819	Succeeded by The Marquess of Lothian
Masonic offices
Preceded by James Stirling	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1800 – 1802	Succeeded by The Earl of Aboyne
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Henry Montagu Douglas Scott	Duke of Buccleuch 2nd creation 1812 – 1819	Succeeded by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott
	Duke of Queensberry 1812 – 1819
	Baron Scott of Tyndale (writ of acceleration) 1807 – 1819