Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

Colonel Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (2 September 174611 January 1812) was a British military officer and Duke. He was a long-time friend of Sir Walter Scott. Much of the family's lands and wealth were accumulated during Henry's tenure as duke. He integrated the surnames "Montagu" and "Douglas" with the Scott family name to form the unhyphenated compound surname "Montagu Douglas Scott".

Early life Henry Scott was the fourth of five children born to Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (son of Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch), and his wife, Caroline Campbell, and the third-born and only surviving male heir. Through his father he was a direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England's illegitimate son, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. Henry was baptised on 29 September 1746 at St. George's Church, St George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. His father, Francis Scott, died of smallpox at the age of 29, just one year before the death of Henry's grandfather, the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch. Henry succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Buccleuch on 22 April 1751, at the age of four.

Marriage and family On 2 May 1767, he married Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Lady Mary Scott (21 May 176921 April 1823), married James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, and had issue. married Alexander Home, 10th Earl of Home and had issue. Sir Charles William Henry Montagu Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry (24 May 177220 April 1819) He was also appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 9 May 1803.

In 1778, when Britain was threatened with invasion by France and Spain during the American War of Independence, he raised a regiment of Fencibles at Dalkeith, the South Fencible Regiment or 'Southern regiment of Fencible Men' on 10 April and commanded it as Colonel until its disbandment on 1 April 1783. In the French Revolutionary Wars he raised and commanded a Volunteer unit, the 2nd Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, from 1797 until the Scottish Militia was authorised by Parliament in 1798. He was then instructed to raise the 10th North British Militia to which (as lord-lieutenant) he appointed himself colonel. He commanded the regiment and its successor the Edinburgh (County and City) Militia, and occasionally the Scottish Militia Brigade, until his resignation in 1811.

Death Buccleuch died at Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland, on 11 January 1812, aged 65. He was buried in the family crypt of the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian.

Titles, honours and awards 31 January 174831 March 1750: Lord Eskdaill 1 April 175021 April 1751: Earl of Dalkeith 22 April 175122 December 1810: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch 1778–1812: Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers 1767: Appointed Knight of the Thistle (KT) 1794: Appointed Knight of the Garter (KG) (resigning as Knight of the Thistle) 1802: Inherited the Lordship of Bowland from his wife's brother-in-law, 1st Earl Beaulieu 23 December 181011 January 1812: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and of Queensberry