Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of
Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry KT (24 May 1772 – 20 April 1819),
styled Earl of Dalkeith until 1812, was a British landowner, amateur
cricketer and Tory politician.
Styled Earl of Dalkeith from
birth, he was born in London, England, the fourth child of seven, and
second son of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth
Montagu, daughter of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu. His elder
brother George had died when only two months old after receiving a
smallpox inoculation. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Lord Dalkeith was an amateur cricketer who made four known
appearances in major cricket matches in 1797. He was a member of
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Dalkeith was returned to
Parliament for Marlborough in 1793, a seat he held until 1796, and then
represented Ludgershall until 1804, Mitchell between 1805 and 1806 and
Marlborough again between 1806 and 1807. The latter year he was summoned
to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's
junior title of Baron Scott of Tyndale.
He was Lord-Lieutenant
of Selkirkshire between 1794 and 1797, of Dumfriesshire between 1797 and
1819 and of Midlothian between 1812 and 1819. In 1812 he was made a
Knight of the Thistle. He succeeded his father in the dukedom the same
year.
Buccleuch married the Honourable Harriet Katherine
Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, on 24
March 1795. They had seven children:
George Henry Scott, Lord Scott
of Whitchester (2 January 1798 – March 1808).
Lady Charlotte Albina
Montagu Scott (16 July 1799 – 29 February 1828), married James Stopford,
4th Earl of Courtown.
Lady Isabella Mary Montagu Scott (1805 – 9
October 1829), married the Honourable Peregrine Francis Cust.
Walter
Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of
Queensberry (25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884).
Lord John
Douglas-Montagu-Scott (13 July 1809 – 3 January 1860), MP for
Roxburghshire.
Lady Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott (12 June 1811 – 5
June 1846), married Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney.
Harriet
Janet Sarah Scott (1814 – 16 February 1870), who married the Reverend
Edward Moore and was the mother of Admiral Sir Arthur Moore.
The
Duchess of Buccleuch died at Dalkeith House in August 1814, aged 40, and
was buried at Warkton, Northamptonshire. Buccleuch died on 20 April
1819, in his 47th year, at Lisbon, Portugal, from tuberculosis, and was
buried at Warkton.
Having survived the death of his first-born
son in 1808, he was succeeded by his second born son, the
twelve-year-old Walter, Earl of Dalkeith. |
