Marquess of Queensberry

Marquessate of Queensberry

Quarterly: 1 & 4: Argent a man's heart Gules imperially crowned Or on a chief Azure three mullets of the field (for Douglas); 2 & 3: Azure a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée Or (for Mar); all within a bordure Or a double tressure flory counterflory Gules (for Scotland)
Creation date 11 February 1682[1]
Monarch Charles II of Scotland
Peerage Peerage of Scotland
First holder William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
Present holder David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
Heir apparent Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig
Remainder to heirs male whatsoever of the grantee
Subsidiary titles Baron Drumlanrig, Viscount Drumlanrig, Earl of Queensberry, Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers
Armorial motto Forward
Memorial plaques at the Douglas Family Mausoleum, Cummertrees Parish Church
The Queensberry Monument Dumfries

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The Marquesses also held the title of Duke of Queensberry from 1684 to 1810, when it was inherited by the Duke of Buccleuch.

History

The feudal barony of Drumlanrig was held by Sir William Douglas, illegitimate son of The 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, was created the 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1633.[2]

The subsidiary titles of Lord Queensberry are: Earl of Queensberry (created 1633), Viscount Drumlanrig (1628) and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628), all in the peerage of Scotland. He is also a Scottish baronet, styled "of Kelhead", created 26 February 1668, so the 6th Marquess was the 5th Baronet. The courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is Viscount Drumlanrig. There is no special courtesy title for Lord Drumlanrig's eldest son and heir.

The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was Kinmount House in the parish of Cummertrees, south Scotland, which was sold by the 9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church.

The 9th Marquess is particularly well-known because of the rules of boxing that were named after him (the Marquess of Queensberry rules), and for his litigious interaction with Oscar Wilde.

On 22 June 1893, Queen Victoria raised Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Kelhead. Francis, Lord Drumlanrig, died without descendants the following year and the title "Baron Kelhead" became extinct.

Lairds of Drumlanrig

Earls of Queensberry (1633)

Marquesses (1682) and Dukes of Queensberry (1684)

The 2nd Duke of Queensberry surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles to the Crown and obtained a new grant under the same precedence (1684) with remainder to the Dukedom and those subsidiary titles bypassing his second son to his third son and further to the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. Upon his death the Marquessate passed to James Douglas, 3rd Marquess and a homicidal maniac known as "the Cannibalistic Idiot."[3] He was excluded from his father's titles after the duke's death, which instead passed to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke. The 3rd Duke also succeeded as Marquess upon the latter's death at age 17.[4]

The Dukedom of Queensberry passed by special remainder to the heirs male or female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry who was Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith through Lady Jean Douglas (married to Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch) who was eldest daughter surviving infancy of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry.

For successive Dukes of Queensberry see Duke of Queensberry and Duke of Buccleuch.

Marquesses of Queensberry from 1810 (cont. 1682)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (b. 1967).
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his brother Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (b. 1978).

Baronets, of Kelhead (26 February 1668)

See Douglas baronets

See above for further succession

Family tree

Family Tree of the
Dukes of Queensberry
and the
Marquesses of Queensberry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Douglas
1st Earl of Queensberry
died 1639/40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Douglas
2nd Earl of Queensberry
died 1671
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Honourable Sir
William Douglas
died before 1673
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Douglas
3rd Earl of Queensberry
later
1st Marquess of Queensberry
later

1st Duke of Queensberry

1637-1695
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir James Douglas
of Kelhead
1st Baronet
1639-1708
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Douglas
2nd Duke of Queensberry
2nd Marquess of Queensberry

1662-1711
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lord William Douglas
1st Earl of March
died 1705
 
Sir William Douglas
of Kelhead
2nd Baronet

died 1733
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Douglas
3rd Marquess of Queensberry
[5]
1697-1715
 
Charles Douglas
3rd Duke of Queensberry
2nd Duke of Dover
4th Marquess of Queensberry

1698-1778
 
Lady
Jean Douglas
1701-1729
 
Francis Scott
2nd Duke of Buccleuch

1695–1751
 
William Douglas
2nd Earl of March
1696–1731
 
Sir John Douglas
of Kelhead
3rd Baronet

died 1778
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Francis Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith

(1721–1750)
 
 
 
William Douglas
3rd Earl of March
later
4th Duke of Queensberry
5th Marquess of Queensberry
[6][7]
1725-1810
 
Sir William Douglas
of Kelhead
4th Baronet

died 1783
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry Scott,
3rd Duke of Buccleuch
5th Duke of Queensberry
[8]
1746–1812
Succeeded to Dukedom of Queensberry, 1810
 
 
 
Sir Charles Douglas
of Kelhead
5th Baronet
later
6th Marquess of Queensberry

1777-1837
 
John Douglas
7th Marquess of Queensberry

1779-1856
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
(1768)
 
Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott,
4th Duke of Buccleuch
6th Duke of Queensberry

1772–1819
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Archibald William Douglas
8th Marquess of Queensberry

1818-1858
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George Henry Scott,
Lord Scott of Whitchester
1798–1808
 
Walter Francis M.D.Scott,
5th Duke of Buccleuch
7th Duke of Queensberry

1806–1884
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Sholto Douglas
9th Marquess of Queensberry

1844-1900
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Henry Walter M.D.Scott,
6th Duke of Buccleuch
8th Duke of Queensberry

1831–1914
 
 
 
Lord Francis Douglas
Styled
Viscount Drumlaning
Created

1st Baron Kelhead

1867-1894
 
Percy Douglas
10th Marquess of Queensberry

1868-1920
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter Henry M.D.Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
1861–1886
 
John Charles M.D.Scott,
7th Duke of Buccleuch
9th Duke of Queensberry

1864–1935
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas
11th Marquess of Queensberry

1898-1954
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter John M.D.Scott,
8th Duke of Buccleuch,
10th Duke of Queensberry

1894–1973
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Harrington Angus Douglas
12th Marquess of Queensberry

born 1929
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter Francis John M.D.Scott,
9th Duke of Buccleuch
11th Duke of Queensberry

1923–2007
 
 
 
Sholto Francis Guy Douglas
Styled
Viscount Drumlanrig
born 1967
Heir Apparent to
the Marquessate
 
Lord
Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas
born 1978
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Walter John M.D.Scott,
10th Duke of Buccleuch
12th Duke of Queensberry

born 1954
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter John Francis M.D.Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith

born 1984
Heir Apparent to
the Dukedom

References

  1. Debrett, John (1820). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. pp. 635–639. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. Burke, Bernard (2009). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. Heritage Books. p. 294. ISBN 9780788437199.
  3. Fryer, Jonathan (1998). Andre and Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wilde. Macmillan. p. 90. ISBN 9780312303877. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. Murray, Douglas (18 June 2000). "Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas (Excerpt)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. The 3rd Marquess, a homicidal maniac, was excluded from the line of succession to the Dukedom when the 2nd Duke surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles back to the Crown and obtained a new grant with the same precedence for the surrendered titles that altered the succession to his second son and then the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. The succession of the Marquessate continued in remainder to the heirs male of the 1st Earl of Queensberry.
  6. Upon the death of the 4th Duke of Queensberry, the Dukedom and the Marquessate were split with the Marquessate being inherited by the most senior male heir of the 1st Earl of Queensberry while the Dukedom descended through a more senior female heir.
  7. Upon the death of the 4th Duke, the Earldom of March passed to the heir general of the 1st Earl of March.
  8. The Dukedom of Buccleuch is the more senior title but for the purposes of this tree, the Dukedom of Queensberry is given prominence.
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