John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry | |
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Portrait by Allan Warren, 1986 | |
| Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle | |
| In office 6 October 1992 – 4 September 2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Home of the Hirsel |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Airlie |
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire | |
| In office 10 June 1974 – 16 May 1975 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale) |
| Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire | |
| In office 16 March 1975 – 16 May 1975 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Conolly Abel Smith |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale) |
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | |
| In office 16 May 1975 – 7 December 1998 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire) |
| Succeeded by | June Paterson-Brown |
| Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North | |
| In office 19 May 1960 – 4 October 1973 | |
| Preceded by | William Milligan |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Fletcher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott 28 September 1923 |
| Died | 4 September 2007 (aged 83) |
| Party | Unionist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Richard |
| Parents | |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, KT VRD JP DL (28 September 1923 – 4 September 2007) was a Scottish peer, politician and landowner. He served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War, and represented Edinburgh North in the House of Commons for 13 years.
He owned the largest private landed estate in the United Kingdom, covering some 280,000 acres (1,100 km2). The estate includes Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Bowhill House in Selkirkshire, and Boughton House in Northamptonshire. A fourth house, Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, was most recently let to the West Central Wisconsin Consortium, which used the palace as a base for its study abroad program, until 2021.