Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

His Grace
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
KT GCVO TD PC
His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT GCVO TD PC
Personal details
Born	30 December 1894
Died	4 October 1973 (aged 78)
Spouse(s)	Mary Lascelles; (m. 1921)
Children	Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland; John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch; Caroline Gilmour, Baroness Gilmour of Craigmillar;
Parents	John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch; Lady Margaret Bridgeman;

Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry, KT, GCVO, TD, PC (30 December 1894 – 4 October 1973) was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Early life and education

Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott was born on 30 December 1894 the son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman, the daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford and Lady Ida Annabella Frances Lumley. His sister, Alice, married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (one of the paternal uncles of Queen Elizabeth II) in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family.

Montagu Douglas Scott was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and had a military career commanding the 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was also Captain-General of the Royal Company of Archers.

Political activity

As Earl of Dalkeith, Scott was Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire from 1923 until 1935, when he succeeded as Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry. He was succeeded as MP for the constituency by his brother, Lord William Scott. According to Cowling, he met German ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop in London. Seen as pro-German, he was compelled to 'resign' as Lord Steward by King George VI.^[1] He had attended Hitler's 50th birthday celebration in 1939, and he opposed war with Germany; once war broke out, he campaigned for a truce allowing Hitler to keep all of his conquered territory.^[2]

Scott inaugurated a racist campaign against workers in the British Honduran Forestry Unit who had come to Scotland to help in the war effort. He complained that the workers were lazy but also was concerned that some had married local women. Harold Macmillan, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies replied to his complaints by suggesting that the problem was more the extreme cold the Hondurans encountered and was quite different from their tropical homeland.^[3]

Personal life

He married Vreda Esther Mary Lascelles, granddaughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, on 21 April 1921. They have three children, sixteen grandchildren, forty-four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren:^{[citation needed]}

Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott (20 January 1922 – 19 September 2012); she married Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, on 12 June 1946. They had seven children and seventeen grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (28 September 1923 – 4 September 2007); he married Jane McNeill on 10 January 1953. They have four children, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}
Lady Caroline Montagu Douglas Scott (7 November 1927 – 17 October 2004); she married Ian Gilmour (later created a life peer as Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar), on 10 July 1951. They have five children, including historian David Gilmour, and seventeen grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}

He died on 4 October 1973 and was buried among the ruins of Melrose Abbey.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

16. Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch

8. Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch

17. Hon. Harriet Katherine Townshend

4. William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch

18. Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

9. Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne

19. Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng

2. John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch

20. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton

10.James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

21. Harriet Douglas

5. Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton

22. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

11. Lady Louisa Jane Russell

23. Lady Georgiana Gordon

1. Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

24. George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford

12. Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford

25. Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Moncreiffe

6. George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford

26. Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester

13. Hon. Selina Louisa Forester

27. Lady Katherine Mary Manners

3. Lady Margaret Bridgeman

28. Frederick Lumley, of Tickhill Castle

14. Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough

29. Charlotte Mary de La Poer Beresford

7. Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley

30. Andrew Robert Drummond, of Cadland

15. Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond

31. Lady Elizabeth Frederica Manners

Sources

Maurice Cowling, The Impact of Hitler - British Politics & Policy 1933–1940, Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 403, ISBN 0-521-20582-4

References

^ Cadbury, Deborah (2015). Princes at War. New York, NY: Public Affairs. p. 124. ISBN 9781610394031.
^ Callan, Paul (12 September 2009). "Hitler's aristocratic admirers". Express. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ Allan, Vicky (2006). "THE LAST LUMBERJACK Sam Martinez left his homeland of British Honduras in 1941, bound for a new life as a woodcutter in Scotland. Now 96, he shares his wisdom with Vicky Allan and talks about changed times, staying positive and life as a local celebrity". The Herald. No. 15 January 2006. Glasgow. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

External links

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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Thomas Henderson	Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Selkirk 1923 – 1935	Succeeded by Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott
Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Sutherland	Lord Steward 1937–1940	Succeeded by The Duke of Hamilton
Preceded by Lord Elphinstone	Lord Clerk Register 1956–1973	Succeeded by The Earl of Wemyss
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Roxburghe	Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire 1932–1973	Succeeded by The Duke of Buccleuch
Preceded by The Earl of Airlie	Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle 1966–1973	Succeeded by Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by John Montagu Douglas Scott	Duke of Buccleuch 2nd creation 1935–1973	Succeeded by John Scott
Preceded by John Montagu Douglas Scott	Duke of Queensberry 1935–1973	Succeeded by John Scott

[1] Cadbury, Deborah (2015). Princes at War. New York, NY: Public Affairs. p. 124. ISBN 9781610394031.

[2] Callan, Paul (12 September 2009). "Hitler's aristocratic admirers". Express. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[Last_Lumberjack-3] Allan, Vicky (2006). "THE LAST LUMBERJACK Sam Martinez left his homeland of British Honduras in 1941, bound for a new life as a woodcutter in Scotland. Now 96, he shares his wisdom with Vicky Allan and talks about changed times, staying positive and life as a local celebrity". The Herald. No. 15 January 2006. Glasgow. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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v t e Chancellors of the Order of the Thistle
George V	John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
Edward VIII	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
George VI	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
Elizabeth II	Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of Hirsel John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
Charles III	David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

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