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Montagu Douglas Scott

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.

Montagu Douglas Scott
Scottish noble family
Arms of the current Duke of Buccleuch
Country Kingdom of Scotland
 Kingdom of England
 United Kingdom
Founded1488; 536 years ago (1488)
FounderDavid Scott, 1st Lord of Buccleuch (died c. 1492)
Current headRichard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
Titles
Connected families
MottoAmo (Love)
Estate(s)Dalkeith Palace
Drumlanrig Castle
Bowhill House
Boughton House

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

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Other members of the Montagu Douglas Scott family:

Coats of Arms

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

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Montagu Douglas Scott Family Tree: Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry
LORD SCOTT of Buccleuch, 1606
Walter, 1st Lord Scott
of Buccleuch
(c. 1565–1611)
EARL OF BUCCLEUCH, 1619
Walter, 2nd Lord Scott
of Buccleuch,
1st Earl of Buccleuch
(c. 1606–1633)
Francis Scott,
2nd Earl of Buccleuch
(1626–1651)		King Charles II
(1630–r.1660–1685)
Dukes of Cleveland
& Southampton		Duke of NorthumberlandDukes of Richmond
& Lennox
Earl of PlymouthDukes of GraftonDukes of St Albans
DUKE OF MONMOUTH, 1663
DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, 1663		DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH, 1663
Mary Scott,
3rd Countess of Buccleuch
(1647–1661)		James Scott,
1st Duke of Monmouth,
1st Duke of Buccleuch
(1649–1685)
illegitimate
Executed, Dukedom forfeit		Anne Scott,
1st Duchess of Buccleuch
(1651–1732)
James Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
(1674–1705)
Dukes of Queensberry
Francis Scott,
2nd Duke of Buccleuch
(1695–1751)
Succeeded to grandmother's Dukedom, 1732		Lady Jane Douglas
(1701–1729)
Francis Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
(1721–1750)
Henry Scott,
3rd Duke of Buccleuch,
5th Duke of Queensberry
(1746–1812)
Succeeded to Dukedom of Queensberry, 1810
George Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
(1768)		Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott,
4th Duke of Buccleuch,
6th Duke of Queensberry
(1772–1819)
George Henry Scott,
Lord Scott of Whitchester
(1798–1808)		Walter Francis M.D.Scott,
5th Duke of Buccleuch,
7th Duke of Queensberry
(1806–1884)
William Henry Walter M.D.Scott,
6th Duke of Buccleuch,
8th Duke of Queensberry
(1831–1914)		Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu,
1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
(1832–1905)
Barons Montagu of Beaulieu
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)
Walter John M.D.Scott,
8th Duke of Buccleuch,
10th Duke of Queensberry
(1894–1973)
Walter Francis John M.D.Scott,
9th Duke of Buccleuch,
11th Duke of Queensberry
(1923–2007)
Richard Walter John M.D.Scott,
10th Duke of Buccleuch,
12th Duke of Queensberry
(b. 1954)
Walter John Francis M.D.Scott,
Earl of Dalkeith
(b. 1984)

In media

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ Scots Peerage, p. 249
  2. ^ scotarmigers.net
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