Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

Who was Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch?

Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO TD PC was a politician and Conservative peer. He was the son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch. His sister, Alice, married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family.

Montagu Douglas Scott was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and had a military career commanding the 4th KOSBs. He was also Captain-General of the Royal Company of Archers.

As Earl of Dalkeith, Scott was Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire from 1923 until 1935, when he succeeded as Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry. He was succeeded as MP for the constituency by his brother, Lord William Scott. According to Cowling, he met German ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop in London.

He married Vreda Esther Mary Lascelles, granddaughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, on 21 April 1921. They had three children:

Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott, married Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland and had issue.