The title of Duke of Buccleuch (IPA [bəˈkluː]) was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (April 9, 1649–July 15, 1685) recognised by some as James II of England and James VII of Scotland, was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter, who had... Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...

Anne was created Duchess in her own right along with her husband, so that the title was unaffected by Monmouth's attainder of 1685. It 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 the only five people 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. An attainder, in British law, is the ending of a persons civil rights after he has been sentenced to death or to outlawry, as an additional penalty. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The title Duke of Queensberry was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1684. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... Marquess of Queensberry (often spelled, archaically, as the Marquis of Queensbury) is a title in the peerage of Scotland. ... The Dukedom of Cornwall was the first dukedom created in the peerage of England. ... The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton sits in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace in Hamilton The Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1643. ... Arms of the Duke of Argyll since 1406 The title Duke of Argyll was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. ... Since 1623 the same person has usually held the dukedoms of Richmond and of Lennox. ...

The subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606) and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Duke also holds the two subsidiary titles of the attainted Dukedom of Monmouth, namely Earl of Doncaster (1663) and Baron Scott of Tindale (1663) (both in the Peerage of England), and several subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Queensberry, namely Marquess of Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindale had been forfeit at the time of the first Duke's attainder, but the titles were restored to the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch in 1742. James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (April 9, 1649–July 15, 1685) recognised by some as James II of England and James VII of Scotland, was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter, who had...

The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith; and the one of Lord Dalkeith's eldest son and heir is Lord Eskdaill. A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ...

The current Duke of Buccleuch is the largest private landowner in the United Kingdom and chairman of the Buccleuch Group, a holding company with interests in commercial property, rural affairs, food, and beverages. The title originally comes from a holding in the Scottish Borders, near Selkirk. Scottish Borders (Crìochan na h-Alba in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Map sources for Selkirk at grid reference NT469286 The Royal and Ancient Burgh of Selkirk is a town in the Scottish Borders, and historically the county town of Selkirkshire. ...

Lords Scott of Buccleuch (1606)

Arms of the Scotts of Buccleuch frin 1565-1732

• Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1565-1611)
• Walter Scott, 2nd Lord Scott of Buccleuch (d. 1633) (became Earl of Buccleuch in 1619)

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Earls of Buccleuch (1619)

• Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch (d. 1633)
• Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch (1626-1651)
• Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (1647-1661)
• Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) (became Duchess of Buccleuch in 1663)

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Dukes of Buccleuch, First Creation (1663)

• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685)

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Dukes of Buccleuch, Second Creation (1663)

Arms of the Dukes of Buccleuch since 1806

• Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732)
• Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695-1751)
• Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746-1812)
• Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772-1819)
• Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806-1884)
• William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, 8th Duke of Queensberry (1831-1914)
• John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, 9th Duke of Queensberry (1864-1935)
• Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry (1894-1973)
• Walter Francis John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, 11th Duke of Queensberry (b. 1923)

Heir Apparent: Richard John Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (b. 14 February 1954)
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See also

• Buccleuch Scotch beef
• House of Douglas
• Buccleuch Mansion in Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick, NJ

Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, claims to be descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch. Buccleuch Scotch beef is a beef reared on the estates of the Duke of Buccleuch and other Buccleuch farmers in Scotland. ... Scottish noble house, sometimes wrongly described as a clan. ... Buccleuch Mansion in Buccleuch Park, with a view of the Raritan River, is one of the most important historic and cultural sites in central New Jersey. ... New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...