Montagu Douglas Scott

Montagu Douglas Scott
Scottish noble family
Arms of the current Duke of Buccleuch
Country	Kingdom of Scotland  Kingdom of England  United Kingdom
Founded	1488; 536 years ago (1488)
Founder	David Scott, 1st Lord of Buccleuch (died c. 1492)
Current head	Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
Titles	Duke of Monmouth Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Queensberry Marquess of Dumfriesshire Earl of Buccleuch Earl of Dalkeith Earl of Doncaster Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Baron Scott of Tindale
Connected families	British royal family Percy family
Motto	Amo (Love)
Estate(s)	Dalkeith Palace Drumlanrig Castle Bowhill House Boughton House

Montagu Douglas Scott, or simply Scott, is the surname of an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom, founded initially in the 15th century as Clan Scott. In the 17th century, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, who would lead the Monmouth Rebellion married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch. The family name was briefly Montagu-Scott, before the 5th Duke adopted its current form. It is one of only a handful of families in the English-speaking world to have an unhyphenated triple-barrelled name.

The 7th Duke of Buccleuch had a daughter, Alice, who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King George V and uncle of Queen Elizabeth II) in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Prince William of Gloucester are grandsons of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a great-great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch.

Dukes of Buccleuch

• Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732), wife of James FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Monmouth
• Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695-1751)
• Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812)
• Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772-1819)
• Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884)
• William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch (1831-1914)
• John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch (1864-1935)
• Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch (1894-1973)
• John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (1923-2007)
• Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry (1954-Current)

Other members of the Montagu Douglas Scott family:

• Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1721-1750)
• Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott), daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, married in 1935 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King George V and uncle of Elizabeth II), and had issue.  
• Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1832-1905)
• Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott (1839-1911), Royal Navy
• Lord William Montagu Douglas Scott (1896-1958), MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk (1935-1950)
• Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott (1872–1944), who married Marie Josephine Edwards on 26 April 1905, and had issue, maternal great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York.
• Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duchess of Buccleuch (1836-1912)
• Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duchess of Buccleuch, née Vreda Esther Mary Lascelles) (1900-1993)

Coats of Arms

• 
  Ancestral Scott arms: Or on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the field'^[1]
• 
  Arms of the 1st Duke of Monmouth & Buccleuch
• 
  Arms of the 3rd Duke of Monmouth & Buccleuch
• 
  Arms of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch
• 
  Arms of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch
• 
  Arms of the 8th to 10th Duke of Buccleuch^[2]

Coat of arms of Arms of the Duke of Buccleuch

Adopted 1935 Coronet A coronet of a Duke Crest A Stag trippant proper armed and attired Or Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st grandquarter for the Earldom of Doncaster: the arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister Argent; 2nd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Argyll: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2nd and 3rd: Argent a Lymphad sails furled Sable flags and pennons flying Gules and oars in action of the second (Lorne); 3rd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Queensberry: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Argent a Heart Gules crowned with an Imperial Crown Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the field (Douglas); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a Bend between six Cross Crosslets fitchée Or (Mar); the whole of this grandquarter within a Bordure Or charged with a double Tressure flory-counter-flory Gules; 4th grandquarter for the Dukedom of Montagu: quarterly, 1st: Argent three Fusils conjoined in fess Gules a Bordure Sable (Montagu); 2nd: Or an Eagle displayed Vert beaked and membered Gules (Monthermer); 3rd: Sable a Lion rampant Argent on a Canton of the last a Cross Gules (Churchill); 4th: Argent a Chevron Gules between three Caps of Maintenance their fronts turned to the sinister Azure furred Ermine (Brudenell); over the grandquarters at the fess point an Inescutcheon Or on a Bend Azure a Mullet of six points between two Crescents of the field (Scott). Supporters On either side a Female Figure proper habited from the waist downwards in a Kirtle Azure gathered up at the knees the arms and bosom uncovered around the shoulders a Flowing Mantle as before suspended by the exterior hand girdle and sandals Gules and her head adorned with a Plume of three Ostrich Feathers Argent Motto Amo ("I Love")

Family Tree

In media

• Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, says his family has "a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch", but then points out that this is not true.

See also

• Buccleuch, Scottish Borders
• Clan Douglas
• Clan Scott
• Clan Stewart as they are descendants of the Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II
• Duke of Buccleugh (ship) – several ships with that name

References

External links

• Buccleuch Estates
• Montagu-Douglas-Scott Family Tree

This page was last edited on 6 February 2024, at 19:08