His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KG KT PC JP DL |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England |
9 September 1831
Died | 5 November 1914 Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, England |
(aged 83)
Spouse(s) | Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton |
Children | Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott Lord Henry Montagu Douglas Scott Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott Katherine Brand, Viscountess Hampden Lady Constance Cairns Lord Francis Montagu Douglas Scott |
Parents |
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch Lady Charlotte Thynne |
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry KG KT PC JP DL (9 September 1831 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and the maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He was a paternal great-great-grandfather to Sarah, Duchess of York.
Born at Montagu House, Whitehall, Westminster, London, into a family of four boys and three girls, William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott was the eldest son of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch & 7th Duke of Queensberry and Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng. He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford.
On Tuesday 22 November 1859 at London, England, he married Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton, the third daughter of Sir James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. As heir apparent to his father's title, William was already "Earl of Dalkeith" by courtesy, and thus his new bride was immediately styled "Countess of Dalkeith". They had six sons and two daughters: