William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch

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His Grace

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry

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Personal details
Born(1831-09-09)9 September 1831
Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England
Died5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 83)
Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England
Spouse(s)Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton
Children
Parents
Garter encircled arms of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.

William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry KG PC JP DL (9 September 1831 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and the maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

Early life, marriage and family[]

Born at Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, London, into a family of four boys and three girls, William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott was the eldest son of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch & 7th Duke of Queensberry and Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, and the Hon. .[1] He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

On Tuesday 22 November 1859 at London, England, he married Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton, the third daughter of Sir James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.[2] As heir apparent to his father's title, William was already "Earl of Dalkeith" by courtesy, and thus his new bride was immediately styled "Countess of Dalkeith". They had six sons and two daughters:

Career[]

The 32 blank pages of the pamphlet have been digitised by the LSE Library.[4]

He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1853–1868 and from 1874–1880. He was also lieutenant colonel of the from 1872, as well as serving as Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirkshire, Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirkshire, and Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Roxburghshire.[5]

The Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith was a political pamphlet that was published and circulated in Edinburgh during the 1880 United Kingdom general election. It was well presented but inside the neatly printed cover there were just thirty-two blank pages,[6] making it an early empty book. The publication was thought to be an effective attack on William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, who lost the seat to William Gladstone by 211 votes.

Death[]

William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch & 8th Duke of Queensberry, died at Montagu House, Whitehall, London, England on Thursday 5 November 1914, in his 83rd year. He had survived his wife, Lady Louisa Jane, by little more than two years. He was survived by seven of his eight children and their families.

He was buried on Tuesday 10 November 1914[7] 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.

Titles, honours and awards[]

  • 9 September 1831 – 15 April 1884: William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
  • 5 August 1875: Invested as Knight of the Thistle (KT)[2]
  • 16 April 1884: 6th Duke of Buccleuch & 8th Duke of Queensberry[2]
  • 7 December 1897: Invested as Knight of The Most Noble Order of the Garter[1]
  • 7 December 1897: Resigned as Knight of the Thistle[1]
  • 1900: Captain General of The Royal Company of Archers[1]
  • 10 December 1901: Invested as Privy Counsellor[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f 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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, p. 6.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 562–563.
  4. ^ "Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith, Carefully Compiled from Trustworthy Sources", LSE Selected Pamphlets, 1880, JSTOR 0214093
  5. ^ 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 562.
  6. ^ Humphries, Barbara (2011), "Nineteenth-century pamphlets online" (PDF), The Emphemerist, The Emphemera Society, p. 19
  7. ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998, p. 119.
  8. ^ "No. 27385". The London Gazette. 10 December 1901. p. 8714.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir John Hope 		Member of Parliament for Midlothian
1853 – 1868 		Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland
Preceded by
Sir Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland 		Member of Parliament for Midlothian
1874 – 1880 		Succeeded by
William Ewart Gladstone
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Marquess of Queensberry 		Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries
1858–1914 		Succeeded by
The Duke of Buccleuch
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott 		Duke of Buccleuch
2nd creation
1884 – 1914 		Succeeded by
John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott
Duke of Queensberry
1884 – 1914
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