Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
The Marquess of Lansdowne | |
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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
In office 2 February 1842 – 21 January 1846 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
Preceded by | The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Haddington |
Personal details | |
Born | Lord Walter Francis Montagu-Scott 25 November 1806 Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland |
Died | 16 April 1884 (aged 77) Bowhill House, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Lady Charlotte Thynne |
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Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry,
Background and education
Buccleuch was born at the
What has been entrusted to me has not been given that it might be wasted in idle or frivolous amusements; nor would I be justified in wasting the hard earnings of the tillers of the soil by carrying them away and spending them in foreign countries, but I wish to see them employed as the means of producing good to them and to the country at large.[6]
Buccleuch, Lord of the Liberty and Manors of Furness, and owner of extensive iron-mines in the area was, in conjunction with William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, a main sponsor of the Furness Railway. He bought up a great eal of land in the area, and rebuilt Lindal-in-Furness as a model village.[6]
Career
A great Scottish land magnate, Buccleuch was a
On 6 January 1842 he was appointed Colonel of the Edinburgh Militia (a regiment that his grandfather the 3rd Duke had raised in 1798). He was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria for the militia on 19 March 1857. On resigning from the command on 20 May 1879 he was appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Queen's Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia, as the regiment had by then become.[7]
He joined the Canterbury Association on 20 May 1848. It was planned to build a town called Buccleuch in his honour near Alford Forest, but this did not eventuate.[8]
Family
Buccleuch married
- William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch (born 9 September 1831, died 5 November 1914), succeeded and was the father of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
- Lord Henry John Montagu Douglas Scott Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (born 5 November 1832, died 4 November 1905)
- Lord Walter Charles Montagu Douglas Scott (born 2 March 1834, died 3 March 1895)
- Admiral Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott (born 20 October 1839, died 21 August 1911)
- Lady Victoria Alexandrina Montagu Douglas Scott (born 20 November 1844, died 19 June 1938), married Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian and had issue.
- Lady Margaret Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott (born 10 October 1846, died 5 February 1918), married Donald Cameron of Lochiel and had issue.
- Lady Mary Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott (born 6 August 1851, died 13 December 1908), married Hon. Walter Trefusis and had issue.
Rightful British King
The story goes that in 1879 the Historical Manuscripts Commission discovered an old black box amongst the Duke of Buccleuch's papers at Dalkeith, which was found to contain a contract proving Charles II had married Lucy Walter. In fact, the document meant the Duke was the rightful King of the United Kingdom, being the eldest agnatic descendant of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. When he was shown the deed, he threw it on the fire, remarking, "that might cause a lot of trouble".[citation needed]
Death
Buccleuch died at Bowhill House near Bowhill, Selkirkshire, in April 1884, aged 77, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William. He was buried 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.[9]
Ancestry
See also
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006, accessed 5 January 2009
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "Douglas, Montague Scott Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleugh and Queensbury (DGLS806MS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalog". The Royal Society. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ "Lord Drumlanrig". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-1-10368643-8, pp. 81, 89, 111, Table C.
- ^ Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ 1&1 WebsiteBuilder (30 October 2012). "Home – A WebsiteBuilder Website". Stmarysdalkeith.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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