William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
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William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch &
8th Duke of Queensberry KG KT PC JP DL (9 September 1831 5
November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was
the paternal grandfather of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of
Gloucester, and the maternal great-grandfather of HRH Prince William
of Gloucester and HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He was a
paternal great-great-grandfather to Sarah, Duchess of York.
Born at Montagu House, Whitehall, London, Westminster, 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. Isabella Elizabeth Byng. He was educated at Eton College and at
Christ Church, Oxford.
He sat as Conservative Member of
Parliament for Midlothian from 18531868 and from 18741880. He was
also Lieutenant Colonel of the Midlothian Yeomanry from 18561872,
as well as serving as Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirkshire,
Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirkshire, and Deputy Lieutenant (DL)
of Roxburghshire.
He was a Privy Counsellor, a Knight of the
Thistle (KT), a Knight of The Most Noble Order of the Garter and
Captain General of The Royal Company of Archers
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.
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: Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl
of Dalkeith (17 January 1861 18 September 1886) John Charles
Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch (30 March 1864 19
October 1935) Lord George William Montagu Douglas Scott (31
August 1866 23 February 1947), married 30 April 1903 Lady
Elizabeth Emily Manners (daughter of John Manners, 7th Duke of
Rutland and Janetta Hughan) and had issue Lord Henry Francis
Montagu Douglas Scott (15 January 1868 19 April 1945) Lord
Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott (30 November 1872 17 June
1944), married 26 April 1905 Marie Josephine Edwards and had issue,
maternal grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York Lady Katharine
Mary Montagu Douglas Scott (25 March 1875 7 March 1951) married
Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden and had issue Lady Constance
Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (10 March 1877 7 May 1970), married 21
January 1908 The Hon. Douglas Halyburton Cairns (son of Hugh Cairns,
1st Earl Cairns and Mary Harriet McNeill) and had issue Lord
Francis George Montagu Douglas Scott (1 November 1879 26 July
1952), married 11 February 1915 Lady Eileen Nina Evelyn Sibell
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,
4th Earl of Minto and Lady Mary Caroline Grey) and had issu
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 84th year. He had
survived his wife, Lady Louisa Jane, by little more than two years.
He was survived by six of his seven children and their families.
He was buried on Tuesday 10 November 1914 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.
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