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 V. Vi8iQ ^■' ^' "^ ^°^' '^°^> '^'^ Dalkeith House, where, / "' when aged i6, he entertained George IV for 14 BARONY [S.] IX. BUCCLEUCH 371 DUKEDOM [S.] 5> 8, and 9. Walter Francis (Montagu- Douglas-Scott) Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry, i^c. [S.], also Earl of Doncaster, i^c. rE.l, and, but ist surv. s. and EARLDOM [S.][ l J> > VIII. davs in 1822. Ed. at Eton, and at St. John's Coll. Cambridge. M.A. 1827. Hon. D.C.L. Oxford 10 June 1834. Hon. LL.D. Cam- bridge 1842; Hon. LL.D. Edinburgh 1874. Lord Lieut, of Midlothian from 1828 and of CO. Roxburgh from 1 84 1 till his death. Capt. Gen. of the Royal Body Guard of Archers [S.] 1838 till his death, and, as such, carried the gold stick at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. K.T. 5 Nov. 1830 to 1835; Pres. of the Highland and Agricultural Society [S.] 1831-35, and 1866-69. F.R.S. 21 June 1833. K.G. 23 Feb. 1835, resigning the Order of the Thistle.(') At his sole cost, of above /'500,ooo, he built (1835-42) the pier and breakwater at Granton, on the Forth, 4 miles from Edinburgh. P.C. 2 Feb. 1842, and High Steward of Westminster 1842 till his death. In 1842 (i to 6 Sep.) he again entertained his Sovereign (with the Prince Consort) at Dalkeith. Being a Conservative,('') he was (in Peel's ministry) made Lord Privy Seal, Feb. 1842 to Jan. 1846, and Lord President of THE Council, Jan. to July 1846. (') Militia A.D.C. to the Queen 1857 till his death. Pres. of the Soc. of Antiquaries [S.], 1862-73, and of the British Assoc. 1867; Chancellor of the Univ. of Glasgow, 1878 till his death. He m., 13 Aug. 1829, (spec, lie.) at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Charlotte Anne, 3rd and yst. da. of Thomas (Thynne), 2nd Marquess of Bath, by Isabella, da. of George (Byng), 4th Viscount Torrington.('^) He d. at Bowhill, co. Selkirk, 16, and was bur. 23 Apr. 1884, in St. Mary's Chapel, Dalkeith, in his 78th year, being at the time of his death the Senior Knight of the Garter, (^) See ante, p. 369, note "a"; and Appendix B to this volume. C") He supported Wellington and Peel in their change of policy on Catholic emancipation, and the Corn Laws. In 18-60 his wife became a Roman Catholic. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined this faith since 1850, see vol. iii, Appendix G. V.G. if) For these great offices see Appendix D to this volume. i^) He "has grown up into a graceful and apparently strong young man. . . . I think he will be well qualified to sustain his difficult and important task. The heart is excellent, so are the talents. . . . With perfect good nature, he has a natural sense of his own situation, which will keep him from associating with unworthy companions." (Sir Walter ^cotth yournal, 25 Aug. 1826; ex inform. Bright Brown). "His great position and vast estates made him something o( 2, 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 overhis shoulder. His manner was brusque, and he was fond of a rough sort of chafF, but no one had a kinder heart." {Notes from the Life of an Ordinary Mortal, 1911, p. 122). V.G.