Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

Earl of Dalkeith
Born	(1984-08-02) August 2, 1984
Nationality	British
Other names	Lord Eskdaill (prior to his grandfather's death)
Occupation	Heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry
Parent(s)	Lady Elizabeth Kerr Richard Scott, Duke of Buccleuch

Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (born 2 August 1984) is the second child and elder son of Richard Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch & 12th Duke of Queensberry, and Lady Elizabeth Kerr, a daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian and Antonella Reuss Newland. He is heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

As the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, he uses the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith, a title to which he succeeded upon the death of grandfather, Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, on 4 September 2007. Until his grandfather's death, he had used the courtesy title Lord Eskdaill.

Lord Dalkeith served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1996 to 1999. His father held the same honour when he served as a page to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.

His paternal great-grand aunt was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.

On December 12, 2013, the engagement was announced of the Earl of Dalkeith to Elizabeth, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Cobbe, of East Woodhay, Hampshire. ^[1] They married on November 22, 2014.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

16. John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch

8. Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

17. Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman

4. John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch

18. Major William Lascelles

9. Mary Lascelles

19. Lady Sybil Beauclerk

2. Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

20. Duncan McNeill

10. John McNeill

5. Jane McNeill

22. Francis Maynard

11. Amy Yvonne Maynard

1. Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

24. Lord Walter Kerr

12. Captain Andrew Kerr

25. Lady Amabel Cowper

6. Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian

26. Captain William Walter Raleigh Kerr

13. Marie Kerr

27. Annabel Jarves

3. Lady Elizabeth Kerr

28. John Foster Newland

14. Major-General Sir Foster Reuss Newland

29. Sophia Louisa Reuss

7. Antonella Newland

30. Count Michele Salazar

15. Donna Agnese (Nenella) dei Conti Salazar

31. Donna Mariangela Dusmet de Smours

References

↑ http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/engagements/171302/the-earl-of-dalkeith-and-miss-e.h.-cobbe

External links

Buccleuch and Queensbury

Court offices
Preceded by Simon Ramsey	Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II 1996–1999	Succeeded by Lord Maltravers

Courtesy earls

Current courtesy earls, listed by precedence (highest to lowest)

Ulster St Andrews Arundel March and Kinrara Euston Burford Dalkeith Percy Southesk Wiltshire Aboyne Kerry Yarmouth Tyrone Hillsborough Belfast Bective Compton Brecknock Uxbridge Mount Charles Cardigan Mulgrave Ronaldshay Hopetoun Haddo Medina Glamorgan Strathtay Mornington

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