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See also:BUCCLEUCH, See also:DUKES OF . The substantial origin of the ducal See also:house of the Scotts of Buccleuch- See also:dates back to the large grants of lands in See also:Scotland to See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border See also:chief, by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., in consequence of the fall of the 8th See also:earl of See also:Douglas (1452); but the See also:family traced their descent back to a Sir See also:Richard le Scott (1249-1285). The See also:estate of Buccleuch is in See also:Selkirkshire. Sir Walter Scott of See also:Branxholm and Buccleuch (d. 1552) distinguished himself at the See also:battle of Pinkie (1547), and furnished material for his later namesake's famous poem; The See also:Lay of the Last See also:Minstrel; and his See also:great-See also:grandson Sir Walter (1565-1611) was created See also:Lord Scott of Buccleuch in 16o6. An earldom followed in 1619. The second earl's daughter See also:Anne (1651-1732), who succeeded him as a countess in her own right, married in 1663 the famous See also:duke of See also:Monmouth (q.v.), who was then created 1st duke of Buccleuch; and her grandson See also:Francis became 2nd duke. The latter's son See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (1746-1812) became 3rd duke, and in 1810 succeeded also, on the See also:death of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Douglas, 4th duke of See also:Queensberry, to that dukedom as well as its estates and other honours, according to the See also:entail executed by his own great-grandfather, the 2nd duke of Queensberry, in 1706; he married the duke of See also:Montagu's daughter, and was famous for his generosity and benefactions. His son See also:Charles William Henry (d. 1819), grandson Walter Francis Scott (1806-1884), and great-grandson William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (b. 18'3,), succeeded in turn as 4th, 5th and 6th dukes of Buccleuch and 6th, 7th, and 8th dukes of Queensberry. The 5th duke was lord privy See also:seal 1842-1846, and See also:president of the See also:council 1846. It was he who at a cost of over £500,000 made the See also:harbour at Granton, near See also:Edinburgh. He was president of the Highland and Agricultural Society, the Society of Antiquaries and of the See also:British Association. The 6th duke sat in the House of See also:Commons as Conservative M.P. for Midlothian, 1853-1868 and 1874-188o; his wife, a daughter of the 1st duke of See also:Abercorn, held the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:mistress of the See also:robes.
See Sir W. See also:Fraser, The Scotts of Buccleuch (1878).
End of Article: BUCCLEUCH, DUKES OF
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