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- Sir Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch was born on 25 November 1806 at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland. His baptism name was Walter Francis Montagu-Scott. He was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England. He he entertained King George IV for 14 days there in 1822 at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland. He married Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, on 13 August 1829 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. Sir Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch he built the pier and breakwater at Granton on the Forth, near Edinburgh, at a cost of over £500,000 between 1835 and 1842. He he again entertained the Queen and the Prince Consort between 1 September 1842 and 6 September 1842 at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland.1 He died on 16 April 1884 at Bowhill, Selkirkshire, Scotland, at age 77. He was buried on 23 April 1884 at St. Mary's Chapel, Dalkeith, Scotland. His estate was probated on 30 October 1884. He Notes from the Life of an Ordinary Mortal records that "his great position and vast estates made him something of a grand seigneur, though his habits were simple, and his appearance rather that of an Elder of the Kirk. He always wore a dark grey cutaway coat, shepherd's plaid trousers, and a cap with a large peak, and out of doors carried a plaid over his shoulder. His manner was brusque, and he was fond of a rough sort of chaff, but no one had a kinder heart.
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1806 - 1884 (77 years)