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50 BUCCLEUCH. Earldom VII. [S] Dukedom J f . Charles "William Henry (Montagu Scott), jY Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queen-skerry, &c. [S.j also Karl of Doncasteh, &e. [E.], '2(1 but 1st surv. a. and h., b. 24 May 1772, in London ; ed. at Eton. Hon. D.CL. of Oxford 23 June 1793: M.I', for Marlborough, 179:5- '1812. 96 ; for Ludgershall, 1796-1804 ; for St. Michael's, 1806- 06 ; and for Marlborough (agate), 1S0G-07. Lord Lieut. Barony [S.] °f co - Dumfries, 1798. On 11 April 1S07 he was sum. v.p. to the House of Lords in his Father's Baronv ns VIII. "LOUD TYNEDALE," Lord Lieut, of eo. Edin- J burgh, 1S12. KT. 22 May 1812. He m. 24 March 1795 in London, his cousin Harriet Catharine,(") da. of Thomas (Towsshesd 1st Viscount Sydxky, by Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of Richard Powvs of Hintlesham, Suffolk. She was 6. 29 Uor. 1773, and rf. 21 Aug. 1814, at Dalkeith House. He d. at Lisbon 20 April 1819. Both were bur. at Warkton afsd. [George Henry Scott, usually spolfen of as Lord Whitcitester, or Lord Scott of Whitchester, being s. and h. ap. of Charles William Montagu Scott, at that time (by courtesy) r.ti/led Earl of Dalkeith, by Harriet Catharine, his wife abovcnamed. was 4. at Dalkei'h House 2 Jany. 1793, ed. ut Eton, but d. v.p. 11 March 1S08 in his 11th year at Dalkeith House, and was bur. at Warkton afsd.l Earldom [S.] VIII. Barony [S.] IX. Dukedom [S.]1 5. Walter Francis (Montagu-Dotjglas- Y Scott) Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Qceensreury, Ike. [S.] also Earl of Doxcaster, &b. [E.] 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 25 Nov. 1806 at Dalkeith House, where, when aged 16, he entertained George IV. HS19. for 14 days in 1822, ed. at St. John's Coll., Cambridge, M.A. 1S27. Hon. D.CL. (Oxford) 10 June 1834. Hon. LL.1). (Cambridge) 1842 ; Hon. LL.D. (Edinburgh) 1S74. Lord Lieut, of Midlothian. 187S : of Roxburghshire, 1841. Capt. Gen. of the Royal Body Guard of Archers [S.], and, as such, carried the gold stick at the Coronation of Will IV. in 1830, and of Queen Victoria in 1838. K.T. 5 Nov. 1830 to 1S35. Having made agriculture his special study, he was in 1S31 made President of the Highland Agricultural Society. KG. 23 Feb. 1835, on wdiich occasion he resigned the order of the Thistle. ('■) At his sole cost of above £500.000 he built (1835-42) the pier and breakwater at Granton, on the Forth, 4 miles from Edinburgh. In 1S42 (1 to 6 SejO he again entertained his Sovereign (with the Prince Consort) at Dalkeith. P.O. 1842. Being a firm Conservative, he was (in Peel's ministry) made Loud Piuvv Seal, Feb. 1842 to Jan. 1846, and Loud President of the Council, Jan. to July 1846. President of the Society of Antiquaries [S.], 1862 ; and of the British Association, 1867, and Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, 1878. High Steward of Westminster, &c. Ho m, 13 Aug. 1829 at St, Geo. Han. sq. Charlotte Anne, yst. da. of Thomas (Thynne) 2d Marquess of Bath, by- Isabella, da. of George (Byng) 4th Viscount Tohrinctox. He d. at Bowhill, co. Selkirk, 16 April 1S84, and was hur. 23d, in St. Mary's Chapel, Dalkeith, being at the time of his death the Senior Knight of the Garter and the only one not made by the Reigning Sovereign. Will pr. in London 30 Oct. 1884, ( c ) the personalty in England being above £478,000, and in Scotland above £435,000. Total above £910,000. His widow, who was 6. 10 April 1811, was Mistress of the Robes to the Queen from Sep. 1841 to July 1846 and was living 1S86. (») Her maternal grandmother was Lady Mary Brudenell, sister to George, Earl of Cardigan and Duke of Montagu, the Duke of Buccleuch's grandfather. ( b ) See ante. p. 49, note " a." ( c ) The estates at Ditton, in Bucks, &c, he left to his widow for life, with rem. to his second s. Henry John, on whom also he settled the Clitheroe estates in Lancashire, having previously settled on him the Beaulieii estates in Hants. These estates were all derived from the family of Montagu. Accordingly, on 29 Dec. 1885, the recipient was cr. Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, co. Southampton. See that dignity.