Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch
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Arms of Scott of Buccleuch: Or, on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the first
Arms of Francis, Earl of Buccleuch, on an old map
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch (21 December 1626 – 22 November 1651) was a Scottish peer.
He was the son of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch and succeeded his father in 1633.
On 25 July 1646, he married Lady Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes. A record of the expenses of their wedding survives.[1]
They had three children:
- Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (1647–1661)
- Walter Scott, Baron Scott of Buccleuch (1648, died in infancy).
- Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651–1732)
References[]
- ^ HMC 4th Report: Countess of Rothes (London, 1874), pp. 509–510.
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