Duke of Buccleuch
| Dukedom of Buccleuch | |
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| Creation date | 1663 |
| Monarch | Charles II |
| Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
| First holder | Anne Scott |
| Present holder | Richard Scott, 10th Duke |
| Heir apparent | Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
| Remainder to | the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Duke of Queensberry Marquess of Dumfriesshire Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock Earl of Buccleuch Earl of Dalkeith Lord Scott of Buccleuch Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill |
| Seat(s) |
Bowhill House Drumlanrig Castle Dumfries and Galloway Boughton House |
| Former seat(s) |
Dalkeith Palace Montagu House |
| Armorial motto | Amo ("I love") |
The title Duke of Bucclech /bəˈkluː/, formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.
Anne was created Duchess of Buccleuch in her own right along with her husband, so that the title was unaffected by Monmouth's attainder of 1685. The title passed on to his descendants, who have successively borne the surnames Scott, Montagu-Scott, Montagu Douglas Scott and Scott again. In 1810, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry, also in the Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from the Marquessate of Queensberry. Thus, the holder is one of only five people in the UK to hold two or more different dukedoms, the others being the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, the Duke of Argyll (who holds two dukedoms named Argyll), and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
The substantial origin of the ducal house of the Scotts of Buccleuch dates back to the large grants of lands in Scotland to Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border chief, by James II, in consequence of the fall of the William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), but the family traced their descent back to a Sir Richard le Scott (1240–1285). Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (died 1552) distinguished himself at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (1547). His great-grandson Sir Walter was created Lord Scott of Buccleuch in 1606.
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