Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

Richard Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry KBE, DL (b. 14 February 1954) is the current Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, as well as Chief of Clan Scott.

Early life and Education

Scott was born in 1954, the son of John Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and his wife, Jane "née" McNeill, and was baptised with Princess Margaret as one of his godparents. He later attended Eton, was Page of Honour to the Queen Mother from 1967 to 1969. In 1973 his father inherited the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and Scott took the courtesy title of Earl of Dalkeith. He later graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts.

Marriage and family

In 1981 he married Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr, a daughter of the 12th Marquess of Lothian (and a sister of Michael Ancram), and they later had four children:

*Lady Louisa Jane Therese Scott (b. 1 October 1982)
*Walter John Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (b. 2 August 1984)
*Lord Charles David Peter Scott (b. 20 April 1987)
*Lady Amabel Clare Alice Scott (b. 23 June 1992)

Career

Lord Dalkeith had a brief spell on the board of Border Television from 1989 to 1990, and in 1994 he joined the Millennium Commission as the representative for Northern England. Appointed a KBE in 2000 for his services to the Millennium Celebrations, Dalkeith left the commission in 2003. He is President of the National Trust for Scotland and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Dalkeith also served as Deputy Chairman of the (since abolished) Independent Television Commission, as a member of Scottish Heritage, on the board of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and was President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1999 to 2005.

The Duke currently lives in Drumlanrig Castle.

On September 4, 2007 he inherited the titles Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry upon his father's death.

The art collection of the Dukes of Buccleuch is of great significance; thus the stunning recovery of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting from the collection, valued at 30 million GBP, in a raid on the offices of a prestigious law firm captured public attention in 2007. A pleasant discovery in June 2008 of a painting in the family collection at Boughton House, a rare portrait of the young Elizabeth I Queen of England, was welcomed by art historians.

Houses owned by the Duke include Boughton House, Drumlanrig Castle, Dalkeith Palace, and Bowhill House.

External links

* [http://www.buccleuch.com/ Official Buccleuch Group of companies website]
* [http://saesferd.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/princess-elizabeth-portrait-found/ Princess Elizabeth I portrait found]
* [http://clippednews.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/madonna-back-to-buccleuch/ Madonna back to Buccleuch]