Duke of Buccleuch
The title of
Duke of Buccleuch was created in the
Peerage of Scotland on
20 April 1663 for
James Crofts, eldest illegitimate son of
Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch. In
1666, Anne was created Duchess in her own right, so that the title was not affected by Monmouth's attainder in
1685. It passed on to his descendants, who have borne the surnames
Scott or
Montagu-Douglas-Scott. In
1810, the Duke of Buccleuch inherited the title of
Duke of Queensberry, also in the
Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from that of
Marquess of Queensberry. Thus, the holder is one of the only four people to hold two or more different dukedoms, the other being the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
The subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Doncaster (1663), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606), Lord Scott of Whitechester and Eskdale (1619), and Baron Scott of Tyndale (1663). (All, except for the Earldom of Doncaster and the Barony of Scott of Tyndale, are in the peerage of Scotland.) The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith.
Dukes of Buccleuch, first Creation (1663)
Dukes of Buccleuch, second Creation (1666)
- Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651 - 1752)
- Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695 - 1751)
- Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) (became Duke of Queensberry in 1810)
Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry
- Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746-1812)
- Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772-1819)
- Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806-1884)
- William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry (1831-1914)
- John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry (1864-1935)
- Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry (1894-1973)
- Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry (b. 1923)