Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

Earl of Dalkeith
Born	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

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

External links

• Buccleuch and Queensbury