Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

Anna Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (11 February 1651 – 6 February 1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family's titles. She was married to James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, and the couple had six children, only two of whom survived past infancy.

Her husband was executed after the failure of the Monmouth Rebellion, and she went on to marry again.

Early life Scott was born on 11 February 1651, in Dundee. Her father was Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch, her mother Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes. Scott had two elder sisters, Mary and Margaret, but no brothers. Scott's father died the same year she was born, and her sisters died, Margaret in 1652 and Mary in 1661, leaving Scott to inherit the titles and estates.

There had been some complications, as Mary had been married, and it was therefore arguable that her husband would inherit the Scott honours; however, Mary's marriage was found to have been unlawful, due to her age, so the estates, with the titles of "Countess of Buccleuch", "Baroness Scott of Buccleuch", and "Baroness Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill" passed to Anna. James had been born in Rotterdam during the Second English Civil War, where his father was with his sister, Mary and his brother-in-law William II, Prince of Orange. The couple had six children:

Lady Anne Scott (buried 25 July 1690)

Anne died in 1732, aged 80; her titles passed to her grandson Francis, the son of James, Earl of Dalkeith.