John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
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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
.
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:
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.
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...
GCVO
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
(30 March 1864 – 19 October 1935) was a Scottish
Scotland
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Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) and peer
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
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Early life, marriage and family
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.On Monday 30 January 1893, John married Lady Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford
George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford
George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford DL, JP was a British soldier and peer.The elder son of the 3rd Earl of Bradford and Selina Louisa Forester, Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School, and served in the 1st Life Guards and the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, reaching the rank of...
and Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley, daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough. They had eight children:
- Lady Margaret Ida Montagu Douglas Scott (13 November 1893 – 17 December 1976), married Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hawkins
- Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch (30 December 1894 – 4 October 1973)
- Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958), married Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of HomeCharles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of HomeCharles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home KT was the father of British Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home.Charles was born in 1873, the son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home...
) and had issue - Lady Sybil Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (14 July 1899 – 1990), married Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps and had issue
- Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas ScottPrincess Alice, Duchess of GloucesterPrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004), married HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of GloucesterPrince Henry, Duke of GloucesterThe Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
and had issue - Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (4 March 1904 – 1 June 1984), married David Cecil, 6th Marquess of ExeterDavid Cecil, 6th Marquess of ExeterDavid George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter KCMG , styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official and Conservative Party politician...
and had issue - Lady Angela Christine Rose Montagu Douglas Scott (26 December 1906 – 28 September 2000), married Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay and had issue
- Lord George Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott (8 July 1911 – 8 June 1999), married Mary Wina Mannin Bishop and had issue
Career
Buccleuch held the following posts:- 1895–1906: Member of Parliament (MP), Conservative, for RoxburghshireRoxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)Roxburghshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Edinburgh
- Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirk and Roxburghshire
- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirk and Roxburghshire
- Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire
- 1926–1935: Lord Clerk Register for Scotland
Death
Buccleuch died from cancer at Bowhill, Selkirkshire, Borders, Scotland, on 19 October 1935, aged 71, less than a month before his daughter Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas ScottPrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
was to wed HRH The Prince Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
, the third son of King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and Queen Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
. The marriage was to take place at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
, but given the circumstances, the event was scaled back and the venue changed to The Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
.
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.
Titles, honours and awards
- 18 September 1886 – 5 November 1914: John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
- 5 November 1914: His Grace, Sir John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & 9th Duke of Queensberry
- Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers
- Invested as a Knight, Order of the Thistle (KT)
- Invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
- 1929: Honorary Colonel, 78th (Lowland) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery