Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith( born 2 August 1984) is a Scottish nobleman.
He is the second child and elder son of Richard Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch& 12th Duke of Queensberry, and the former Lady Elizabeth Kerr, a daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, and Antonella Reuss Newland.
He is heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
As the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, he uses the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith, a title which he has used since the death of grandfather, John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, on 4 September 2007.
Until his grandfather's death, he had used the courtesy title Lord Eskdaill.
Lord Dalkeith served as a page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1996 to 1999.
His paternal great- grandaunt was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
On 12 December 2013, the engagement was announced of the Earl of Dalkeith to Elizabeth Cobbe of East Woodhay, Hampshire.
They married on 22 November 2014.
Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry( 26 August 1836 – 16 March 1912) was the daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn.
In 1884, she became the Duchess of Buccleuch and Duchess of Queensberry, the wife of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch& 8th Duke of Queensberry.
She was the paternal grandmother of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and of Marian Louisa, Lady Elmhirst, as well as the maternal great- grandmother of Prince William of Gloucester, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and great- great- grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York.
Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
Charlotte Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, VA(" née" Thynne; 10 April 1811 – 18 March 1895) was a British peeress.
A daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, Charlotte married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch in 1829.
They had seven children, including William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch; Henry Douglas- Scott- Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu; and the Royal Navy admiral Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott.
From 1841 to 1846, the Duchess of Buccleuch served as the Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria as a member of Robert Peel's ministry.
Her husband, a staunch Conservative, also served in Peel's ministry, and the Duchess used the connection to gain patronage for her brothers.
She and the Queen remained lifelong friends, with the latter serving as godmother to Charlotte's daughter Lady Victoria.
The Duchess advised her on Scotland, and later converted to Roman Catholicism in 1860.
She engaged in philanthropic efforts in Scotland, and died in 1895 at Ditton Park.
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry,( 30 December 1894 – 4 October 1973) was a Scottish peer and Conservative politician.
He was the son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Alice" Molly" Bridgeman.
His sister, Alice, married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester( one of the paternal uncles of Queen Elizabeth II) in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family.
Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Lieutenant- Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas- Scott( 17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.
The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars.
Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain.
From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor- General of Canada.
He retired in 1927.
He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel.
He was Unionist Member of Parliament( MP) for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1935 to 1950, taking over the seat from his elder brother Walter on the death of their father.
In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home( 10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas- Home, 13th Earl of Home.
The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
His sister was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester( 1901 – 2004).
Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
( Vreda Esther)
Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry( 17 September 1900 – 9 February 1993),( née( Vreda Esther) Mary Lascelles), was the elder of the two daughters of Major William Frank Lascelles and Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere Beauclerk.
On 21 April 1921 she married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry; she was styled" Duchess of Buccleuch" from 19 October 1935.
They had three children:
The Duchess died aged 92 at Boughton House on 9 February 1993.
She was buried next to her husband among the ruins of Melrose Abbey.
Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott
Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott, CMG, DSO( 30 November 1872 – 17 June 1944) was the fifth child born to William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch& 8th Duke of Queensberry and Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton.
Lord Herbert Andrew was a great- grandfather to Sarah, Duchess of York, and a maternal second great- grandfather( great- great- grandfather) to Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York.
He was also a paternal uncle of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, previously Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, and thereby a maternal granduncle to Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry (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.
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry, (30 March 1864 – 19 October 1935), styled The Honourable John Montagu Douglas Scott until 1884, Lord John Montagu Douglas Scott between 1884 and 1886 and Earl of Dalkeith until 1914 was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer.
Lord George Scott
Lord George William Montagu Douglas Scott,( 31 August 1866 – 23 February 1947) was a Scottish cricketer and soldier.
He was the brother of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and the son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch.
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was his niece.
Scott was born in Bowhill, Selkirkshire, the third son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch.
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
He played first- class cricket for various teams including Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club( MCC) and Oxford University from 1884 to 1905.
He represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.
He was also Master of the Buccleuch Hunt.
Scott was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 10th Hussars on 27 March 1889, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 11 June 1890, and to captain on 25 June 1897.
He served in the Second Boer War, and left the regular army in August 1902.
He later commanded the 2/1st Lothians and Border Horse, a Yeomanry( later Territorial Army) regiment, through World War I until January 1919 when he retired.
He was appointed OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburghshire.
In 1903, Scott married Lady Elizabeth Manners( died 1924), the youngest daughter of the John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland.
Together they had two sons and three daughters.
His eldest daughter, Georgina Mary Scott, married Raymond O' Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill in 1963.
He died in Melrose, Scottish Borders.

Question: When did John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7Th Duke Of Buccleuch's father die?
Answer: 5 November 1914