Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
(Vreda Esther) Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (17 September 1900 – 9 February 1993), was the elder of the two daughters of Major William Frank Lascelles and Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans.
On 21 April 1921 she married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry; she was styled "Duchess of Buccleuch" from 19 October 1935. They had three children:
- Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott (20 January 1922 – 19 September 2012)
- Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry (28 September 1923 – 4 September 2007)
- Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott ( 1927- 2004 )
The Duchess died aged 92 at Boughton House on 9 February 1993. She was buried next to her husband among the ruins of Melrose Abbey.
External links[]
- Photograph of Mary Lascelles (dated 1 March 1921, a month and a half before her marriage)
- Biographical entry at thepeerage.com
- Descendants of the 8th Duke & Duchess of Buccleuch
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1993 deaths
- British duchesses by marriage
- Burials at Melrose Abbey