The Duke of Buccleuch | |
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The Duke of Buccleuch |
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Born | 30 March 1864 Montagu House, Whitehall, London, England |
Died | 19 October 1935 Bowhill House, Selkirk, Scotland |
(aged 71)
Spouse | Lady Margaret Bridgeman |
Children | Lady Margaret Hawkins Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott Lady Sybil Phipps Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Mary Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter Lady Angela Dawnay Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott |
Parents | William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch Lady Louisa Hamilton |
John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO (30 March 1864 – 19 October 1935) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) and peer.
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Buccleuch was born in 1864, the son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Louisa Hamilton. He was the second of eight children. His elder brother, Walter Henry, Earl of Dalkeith, was accidentally killed in a deer-hunting accident in Achnacary Forest, at the age of 25. Walter was unmarried, and the title of Earl of Dalkeith passed to John.[1]
On Monday 30 January 1893, John married Lady Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford and Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley, daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough. They had eight children:
Buccleuch held the following posts:
Buccleuch died from cancer[3] at Bowhill, Selkirkshire, Borders, Scotland, on 19 October 1935, aged 71, less than a month before his daughter Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott was to wed HRH The Prince Henry, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. The marriage was to take place at Westminster Abbey, but given the circumstances, the event was scaled back and the venue changed to The Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace.
Buccleuch was buried in the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland, on 22 October 1935. He was succeeded by his son, Walter.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Mark Napier |
Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire 1895 – 1906 |
Succeeded by Sir John Jardine |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by The Duke of Montrose |
Lord Clerk Register 1926 – 1935 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Mar |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by The Duke of Buccleuch |
Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1915 – 1935 |
Succeeded by Francis John Carruthers |
Peerage of Scotland | ||
Preceded by William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott |
Duke of Buccleuch 2nd creation 1914 – 1935 |
Succeeded by Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott |
Duke of Queensberry 1914 – 1935 |