HERALDRY. 
598 
Highneffes in the Scotch Peerage, p. 458-460, of this 
volume. 
DUKES OF SCOTLAND. 
[For the Armorial Bearings, fee the correfpondent 
copper-plate Engravings of each.] 
HAMILTON (ARCHIBALD), Duke of HAMIL¬ 
TON, in Scotland; Chattelherault, in France ; and Duke 
of Brandon, and Baron Dutton,in England ; Marquis of 
Hamilton, Clydefdale, and Douglas, Earl of Angus, 
Arran, and Lanark, Lord Macanfnire and Polmont, 
Abernethy and Aberorothock, in Scotland.—See the 
Duke of Brandon, among the Peers of England, 
p. 470- 
SCOT (HENRY), Duke of BUCCLEUCH in Scot¬ 
land, Earl of Doncafter in England, and of Dalkeith 
in Scotland, Baron Scot of Buccleuch, of Tynedale, 
Whitcliefter, and Elkdale; Knight of the Garter, Lord 
Lieutenant of Edinburghlhire, and Governor of the 
Royal Scots Bank ; fucceeded his grandfather, the late 
duke, April 22, 1751 ; born September 2, 1746 ; mar¬ 
ried, March 20, 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of George, 
late duke of Montagu ; by whom he had ilfue, George, 
born March 25, 1.768, died in May following; Charles- 
William-Montagu Scott, earl of Dalkeith, heir appa¬ 
rent, born May 24, 1772, married, March 24, 1795, 
Harriet-Catharine Townfhend, youngeft daughter of 
vifcount Sydney, and has ilfue, Henry lord Scott, born 
Auguft 15, 1796, and another fon, born January 6, 1798 ; 
Mary, born May 19, 1769, married to vifcount Stop- 
ford, fon of the earl of Com town, and has ilfue; Eliza¬ 
beth, born October 10, 1770, married to William earl 
of Home; Caroline, who married, Auguft 13, 1803, fir 
Charles Douglas, bart. Henry-Jantes, born December 
16, 1776, baron Montagu in England, married, Novem¬ 
ber 22, 1804, Jane-Margaret Douglas, daughter of Ar¬ 
chibald lord Douglas ; Harriet, born December 1, 
1780. 
Thefamily of Scot is defcended from Charles II. king 
of England, by Lucy, daughter of Richard Walters, of 
Haverfordweft, in the county of Pembroke, efquire. 
The only ilfue was James, who bore the furname of 
Crofts, born April 9, 1649, and was brought over to 
England by the king his father, in July 1662. In the 
following year he was created baron Tinedale, earl of 
Doncafter, and duke of Monmouth ; and married Anne 
Scot, countefs of Buccleuch, of the kingdom of Scot¬ 
land; in confequence of which marriage he alfumed the 
furname of Scot. The duke and duchefs were alfo cre¬ 
ated, April 20, 1663, baron and-baronefs of Whitchef- 
ter and Elkdale, earl and countefs of Dalkeith, and 
duke .and duchefs of Buccleuch, in the kingdom of 
Scotland. In 1665, he was appointed mailer of the 
horfe jo the king; and January 4, 1670, commander in 
chief of his majeliy’s forces. He was at the head of the 
Englilh army that allilled Louis XIV. in his conqneft of 
Holland, in 1672; was' appointed, in December that 
year, lord great chamberlain of the kingdom of Scot¬ 
land ; and July 15, 1674, elected chancellor of the uni- 
verfity of Cambridge. In 1679, he was commander in 
chief of tire forces lent to fubdue the Scottilh rebellion, 
and fuccefsfuliy.completed theobjefl of his expedition. 
In the beginning of that year the duke of Monmouth 
was infpired by Anthony, firft earl of Shaftefbury, with 
the project of founding a claim to the crown, upon the 
known bigotry to the Roman Catholic religion of the 
duke of York, afterwards king James II. 'I he duke of 
Monmouth, with the earl of Shaftefbury, made a public 
progrefs through the kingdom, which was attended 
with uncommon acclamations and great popularity. In 
the fubfequent bufinels of the Ryedioufe plot, which 
.coft this country the lives of Algernon Sydney and 
William lord Ruffe!, the duke of Monmouth expe¬ 
rienced the lenity of the king his father; but on his 
death, 1685, the duke of Monmouth put himfelf arthe 
head of an army in the weft, and alfumed the title of 
king. He was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor, 
July 6; and, being taken prifoner, was beheaded on 
the 15th of that month, upon a bill of attainder, which 
inexorably and inftantly received the royal affent of 
James 11. 
By his duchefs, Anne, who married, fecondly, Charles, 
third lord Cornwallis, and died February 6, 1732, he 
had iffue, 1. Charles, father of Francis,, fecond duke ol 
Buccleuch, and earl of Doncafter. 2. Henry, created 
March 29, 1706, baron Scot, of Goldylinds, vifcount 
Hermitage, and .earl of Deloraine, in the kingdom of 
Scotland. Henry, third earl of Deloraine, his fon, 
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Fenwick, efq. by 
which lady he had iffue Henry, fourthearl of Deloraine, 
born February 8, 1737; and John, born October 3, 
-1738, who married Mils Ifabella Younge. 
Francis, 'grandfon of James duke of Monmouth, fuc- 
ceeded to the title of duke of Buccleuch, together with 
the other Scottilh- honours, which were not affe-Sled by 
the attainder of 1685, upon the death of his grandmo¬ 
ther; and was reftored by a<51 of parliament, March 23, 
1743, to the titles of baron Scot of Tinedale, and earl of 
Doncafter. He married Jane, daughter of James duke of 
Queentberry and Dover; by which lady his grace had 
two fons and three’ daughters; Francis, late earl of 
Dalkeith, born February 19, 1719; Charles, died June 
18, 1747, unmarried; Jane, died in 1743, unmarried; 
Anne, died July 15, 1739; Mary, died May 20, 1743, 
unmarried. Francis, late earl of Dalkeith, married, Oc¬ 
tober 2, .1742, Caroline, eldeft daughter of John, late 
duke of Argyll and Greenwich; by which lady, who 
married, fecondly, Charles Townfliend, brother to 
George, marquis Townfhend, and had been created 
baronefs Greenwich, he left iffue, Caroline, who died 
December 13, 1753; John lord Elkdale, died in Janu¬ 
ary 1748; Henry, the prefent duke; Campbell, died 
October 1766; James, died in January 1758. Their fa¬ 
ther, the earl of Dalkeith, dying in April 1750, left his 
lady enlient, which proving a daughter, in July follow¬ 
ing, was named Frances, and married, April 24,-17-83, 
the prefent baron Douglas, by whom (he has ilfue. 
Francis, the fecond duke,-married, fecondly, Mifs Alice 
Powell, by whom he had no iffue ; and, dying April 
22, 1751, was fucceeded by his grandfon, Henry, the 
prelent and third duke. 
Creations. —Lord Scot, of Buccleuch, March 16, 
1605 ; Earl of Buccleuch, March 16, 1618; Baron of 
Elkdale, Earl of Dalkeith, and Duke of Buccleuch, 
1673; Earl of Doncafter, and Lord Tynedale, in Eng¬ 
land, February 15, 1602. 
Residences.— Adderbury, in the county of Oxford; 
Dalkeith and Eaft Park, near Edinburgh; and Melrofs, 
in the county of Roxburgh.—Town-houfe, Privy Gar¬ 
den. 
Motto.— Amo .—“ I love.” 
LENNOX (CHARLES), Duke of LENNOX, in 
Scotland, Richmond in England, and Aubigny in 
France; Earl of March and Damley.—See Duke of 
Richmond among the Peers of England. 
GORDON (ALEXANDER), Duke of GORDON, 
Marquis and Earl of Huntley, and Earl of Enzie, Baron 
Gordon of Strathbogie, in Scotland ; and Earl of Nor¬ 
wich, and Baron Gordon of Huntley, Gloucefterlhire, 
in England ; Knight of the Thiltle, Keeper of the Great 
Seal of Scotland ; Chancellor of King’s College Aber¬ 
deen ; Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenlhire, and hereditary 
Keeper of Invernels Caltle; fucceeded his father, the 
late duke, in Auguft 1752 ; married, October 18, 1767, 
Jane, daughter of fir William Maxwell, bart. by whom 
he has iffue, George, marquis of Huntley, heir apparent. 
