John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry | |
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 The Duke of Buccleuch | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1864 Montagu House, Whitehall, London, England, UK |
| Died | 19 October 1935 (aged 71) Bowhill House, Selkirk, Scotland |
| Spouse | Lady Margaret Bridgeman |
| Children | Lady Margaret Hawkins Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott Lady Sybil Phipps Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Mary Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter Lady Angela Dawnay Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott |
| Parent(s) | William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch Lady Louisa Hamilton |
John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO (30 March 1864 – 19 October 1935) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) and peer.
Early life
Buccleuch was born in 1864, the son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Louisa Hamilton. He was the second of eight children. His elder brother, Walter Henry, Earl of Dalkeith, was accidentally killed in a deer-hunting accident in Achnacary Forest, at the age of 25. Walter was unmarried, and the title of Earl of Dalkeith passed to John.[1] He is a descendant of Charles II.
Career
Buccleuch held the following posts:
- 1895–1906: Member of Parliament (MP), Conservative, for Roxburghshire[2]
- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Edinburgh[2]
- Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirk and Roxburghshire[2]
- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirk and Roxburghshire[2]
- Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfriesshires[2]
- 1926–1935: Lord Clerk Register for Scotland[2]
Marriage and family
On Monday 30 January 1893, John married Lady Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford and Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley, daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough. They had eight children:
- Lady Margaret Ida Montagu Douglas Scott (13 November 1893 – 17 December 1976), who married Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hawkins
- Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch (30 December 1894 – 4 October 1973), who married Vreda Esther Mary Lascelles and had issue
- Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958), who married Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home) and had issue
- Lady Sybil Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (14 July 1899 – 1990), who married Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps and had issue
- Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004), who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and had issue
- Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (4 March 1904 – 1 June 1984), who married David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter and had issue
- Lady Angela Christine Rose Montagu Douglas Scott (26 December 1906 – 28 September 2000), who married 1936 Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay and had issue
- Lord George Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott (8 July 1911 – 8 June 1999), who married Mary Wina Mannin Bishop and had issue
Death
Buccleuch died from cancer[3] at Bowhill, Selkirkshire, Borders, Scotland, on 19 October 1935, aged 71, less than a month before his daughter Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott was to wed HRH The Prince Henry, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. The marriage was to take place at Westminster Abbey, but given the circumstances, the event was scaled back and the venue changed to The Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace.
Buccleuch was buried on 22 October 1935 in the family crypt of the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. The church is located on Dalkeith's High Street, at the entrance to Dalkeith Country Park.[4]
Buccleuch was succeeded by his son, Walter.
Titles, honours and awards
- 18 September 1886 – 5 November 1914: John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith[2]
- 5 November 1914: His Grace, Sir John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & 9th Duke of Queensberry[2]
- Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers[2]
- Invested as a Knight, Order of the Thistle (KT)[2]
- Invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)[2]
- 1929: Honorary Colonel, 78th (Lowland) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery[2]
Ancestry
References
- ^ G.E. Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 1910-1959, reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000, volume II, page 372.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 483.
- ^ HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Memories of Ninety Years, London: Collins & Brown Ltd., 1991, p. 138.
- ^ http://www.stmarysdalkeith.co.uk/
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