1. ALEXANDER, present duke.

12. ARCHIBALD, b. 16 March 1769, M.P. co. Lanark, d. unm. 28 Aug. 1827. 3. ANNE, b. 16 March 1766.

4. CHARLOTTE, b. 6 April 1772, m., 24 June 1800, Edward-Adolphus, present duke of Somerset, and d. 10 June 1827.

5. SUSAN, b. July 1774, m., 4 Aug. 1803, George, present earl of Dunmore. The duke d. 16 Feb. 1819, and was succeeded by his eldest son, ALEXANDER, present and 10th duke.

Heir

Apparent-WILLIAM-ANTHONY-ARCHIBALD, marquess of Douglas, the duke's only son.

Creations Earl of Angus, 9 April 1389; Earl of Arran, co. Bute, 10 Aug. 1503; Duke of Chatelherault, in Poitou, in France, 1552, by Henry II. of France; Marquess of Hamilton, co. Lanark, 19 April 1599; Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, 17 June 1633; Baron of Aberbrothock, June 1606; Earl of the co. Lanark, Lord Macanshire and Polmont, 31 March 1639; Duke of Hamilton, 12 April 1643, and again 1661; Baron of Dutton, co. Chester, and Duke of Brandon, in Suffolk, 10 Sept. 1711.

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WALTER-FRANCIS SCOTT-DOUGLAS, DUKE of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY, Marquess of Dumfries-shire, Earl of Drumlanrig, Buccleuch, Sanquhar, and Dalkeith; Viscount Nith, Thortholwold, and Ross; Baron Douglas, of Kinmont, Middlebie, Dornock, Scott, of Whitechurch and Eskdale; Scots honours: Earl of Doncaster, co. York, and Baron Tyndale, co. Northumberland; English honours; born 25 Nov. 1806; succeeded his father, Charles-William-Henry, the late duke, 20 April 1819.

The family of Scott traces its descent from Richard le Scot, of Murdieston, co. Lanark, who was one of the Scotch barons that swore fealty to king Edward I. 1296. His descendants afterwards became lords of Branxholm and Buccleuch, but were not ennobled till 1606, when sir WALTER Scott was created lord Scott of Buccleuch; his son WALTER was further advanced, 1619, to the dignity of earl of Buccleuch, and dying 1633, was succeeded by his only son,

WA VALTER, 2d earl, who d. 1651, leaving only 2 das., 1. Mary, who, on her father's death, became countess of Buccleuch; m. Walter Scott, of the house of Scott, of Harden, but d. 1661, with. out issue, whereupon the title devolved on her only sister,

ANNE, who m. James, duke of Monmouth, (natural son of Charles II.,) who, on the marriage, adopted the surname of Scott. In 1673 his grace was created, jointly with his wife, duke and duchess of Buccleuch, earl and countess of Dalkeith, baron and baroness Whitechurch and Eskdale, with remainder

to the heirs of their bodies. Upon his unfortunate decease, the English honours of duke of Monmouth, earl of Doncaster, and baron Tyndale, became forfeited, as also his Scots honours of duke of Buccleuch: but the attainder did not affect the peerages enjoyed by his duchess in her own right, being duchess of Buc cleuch by creation, and countess of Buccleuch by descent from her ancestors. Their issue was,

1. JAMES, earl of Dalkeith, who m. Henrietta, da. of Law. rence Hide, earl of Rochester, and d. 1705, leaving issue by her, FRANCIS, 2d duke.

2. HENRY, who, in March 1706, was created earl of Deloraine, viscount Hermitage, and baron Scott, of Goldylands, and dying 1731, was succeeded by his son, Francis, 2d earl, who d. 1739, and was succeeded by his brother, Henry, who d. 1740, and was succeeded by his son, Henry, 4th earl, on whose death, without issue, 1807, the above titles became extinct.

The duchess m., 2dly, Charles, 3d lord Cornwallis, and dying 6 Feb. 1732, was succeeded in her titles by her grandson,

FRANCIS, 2d duke; b. 11 Jan. 1694; restored to the titles of earl of Doncaster, and baron Scott, of Tyndale, by act of parliament 1743; m., 5 April 1720, Jane, eldest da. of James Douglas, 2d duke of Queensberry, (through which marriage, her grandson, HENRY, 3d duke of Buccleuch, inherited also the duchy of Queensberry,) and had issue by her, (who d. 31 Aug. 1729,)

1. FRANCIS, earl of Dalkeith, b. 19 Feb. 1721, m., 2 Oct. 1742, Caroline, eldest da. and co-h. of John Campbell, 2d duke of Argyll and Greenwich, and d. 1750, leaving issue by her, (who m., 2dly, the right hon. Charles Townshend, brother of George, 1st marquess Townshend, and was created baroness Greenwich, with remainder to her issue male by her 2d husband, but d, without such issue, 1794,)

1. John, d. young.

2. HENRY, 3d duke.

3. Campbell, d. unm.

4. James; 5. Caroline, both d. young.

6. Frances, (posthumous,) m. Archibald, baron Douglas, of Douglas. 2. CHARLES; 3. JANE; 4. ANNE; 5. MARY, all d. unm.

The duke m., 2dly, miss Alice Powell, by whom he had no issue; he d. 22 April 1751, and was succeeded by his grandson,

HENRY, 3d duke, K.G.; b. 2 Sept. 1746; succeeded, on the death of William, 4th duke of Queensberry, without issue, in 1810, (see marquess of Queensberry,) to the titles of duke of Queensberry, marquess of Dumfries-shire, earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, viscount Nith, Thortholwold and Ross, lord Douglas of Kinmont, Middlebie and Dornock, pursuant to a special limitation in a patent dated 1706, and letters of entail consequent thereupon, executed by James, 2d duke of Queensberry, m., 20 March 1767, Elizabeth, da. of George, duke of Montagu, and by her (who d. 21 Nov. 1827, aged 85) had issue, CHARLES-WILLIAM-HENRY, 4th duke.

1.

2. MARY, b. 19 May 1769, m. James-George, present earl of Courtoun.

3. ELIZABETH, b. 10 Oct. 1770, m., 9 Nov. 1798, William, present and 10th earl of Home.

4. CAROLINE, m., 13 Aug. 1803, Charles-Douglas, present marquess of Queensberry, and has issue.

5. HENRY-JAMES-Montagu, succeeded to the barony of Montagu on the

death of his maternal grandfather, George, duke of Montagu, agreeably to the limitation of the patent (see BARON MONTAGU, in the Peerage of England).

6. HENRIETTA, m., Dec. 1806, William, marquess of Lothian, K.T. The duke d. 11 Jan. 1812, and was succeeded by his eldest son, CHARLES-WILLIAM-HENRY, K.T., 4th duke, b. 24 May 1774, (summoned to parliament 1807, during the lifetime of his father, as baron Tyndale,) m., 24 March 1795, Harriet-Catherine Townshend, youngest da. of Thomas, 1st viscount Sydney, and by her (who d. 24 Aug. 1814) had issue,

1. ANNE-ELIZABETH, 6. 17 Aug. 1796.

2. GEORGE-HENRY, earl of Dalkeith, d. 1 March 1808.

3. CHARLOTTE-ALBINIA, b. 16 July 1799, m., 4 July 1822, viscount Stopford, son of the earl of Courtown, and d. 29 Feb. 1828.

4. ISABELLA-Mary, b. 24 Oct. 1800, m., 9 Sept. 1823, the hon. PeregrineFrancis Cust.

5. CATHERINE-FRANCES, d. June 1814.

6. WALTER-FRANCIS, present duke.

7. JOHN-DOUGLAS MONTAGU, b. 13 July 1809. 8. MARGARET-HARRIET, b. 13 June 1811.

9. HARRIETT-JANET-SARAH, b. 13 Aug. 1814.

His grace d. at Lisbon, 20 April 1819, and was succeeded by his son,

WALTER-FRANCIS, present and 4th duke.

Heir Presumptive-Lord JOHN SCOTT, only brother of the duke,

Creations-Lord Scott, of Bucclench, 16 March 1605; Earl of Buccleuch, 16 March 1618; Baron of Eskdale, Earl of Dalkeith, and Duke of Buccleuch, 1673; Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfries-shire, 3 Feb. 1684; Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Thortholwold, and Ross, Baron Douglas, of Kinmont, Middlebie, and Dornock, 11 Feb. 1682; Earl of Doncaster, and Baron Tyndale, in England, 15 Feb. 1662.

CHARLES LENNOX, DUKE of LENNOX, in Scotland, of Richmond in England, and of Aubigny in France; Earl of March and Darnley.

(See DUKE of RICHMOND, in the Peerage of England.) Creation--Duke of Lennox, in Scotland, 1675,

GEORGE GORDON, DUKE of GORDON, Marquess and Earl of Huntley, and Earl of Enzie, Viscount Inverness, Baron Gordon of Strathbogie, Lord of Badenach, Lochabar, Strathaven, Achindoun, Balmore, Gartley, and Kincardine; Scots honours: Premier Marquess in Scotland; Earl of Norwich, Baron Beau. champ, of Bletshoe, Baron Mordaunt, of Turvey, co. Bedford, and Baron Gordon, of Huntley, co. Gloucester, in the Peerage

of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Hereditary Keeper of Inverness Castle, born 2 Feb. 1770, succeeded his father, Alexander, late duke, 17 June 1827, G.C.B., a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Foot; was summoned to the house of peers in his father's lifetime, 11 April 1807, and placed in his father's barony of Gordon, of Huntley married, 11 Dec. 1813, Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Brodie, of Arn Hall, North Britain, esq., but has no issue..

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According to Chalmers, the territory of Gordon, in Berwickshire, anciently of great extent, was granted, during the reign of king David I., to an Anglo-Norman settler, who assumed from it the name of Gordon. In the reign of Robert I., sir Adam de Gordon obtained a grant of the barony of Strathbogie, co. Atholl; his great-great-grandson, sir Adam Gordon, of Huntley, was killed at Homildon, 1402, leaving an only da. and h., m. to Alexander Seton, 2d son of sir William Seton, of Seton. Their eldest son and h.,

ALEXANDER SETON, lord of Gordon, assumed the surname of Gordon, and was created, 22 Jan. 1449-50, earl of Huntley. He was thrice m.; by his 2d wife he had issue sir Alexander, ancestor of the Setons of Touch; but the earldom of Huntley was entailed on his issue by his 3d wife, Elizabeth, da. of William, lord Crichton, high chancellor of Scotland, by whom he was father of

GEORGE, 2d earl, m. Annabella, da. of king James I., and dying 8 June 1501, was succeeded by his eldest son and h.,

ALEXANDER, 3d earl, m., 1475, Joan, da. of John, earl of Atholl, uterine brother of king James II., and d. 16 Jan. 1523-4.

GEORGE, 4th earl, was son of John, lord Gordon, eldest son of the 3d earl, who d. in his father's lifetime. He m. Elizabeth, sister of William Keith, 4th earl marischal, and was father of George, 5th earl, whose only son,

GEORGE, 6th earl, was created, 17 April 1599, marquess of Huntley; m. Henrietta, eldest da. of Esme Stewart, duke of Lennox, and dying 13 June 1636, was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE, 2d marquess, created, 29 April 1632, viscount Aboyne, with remainder, on his death or succession to his father's honours, to his 2d son, James; m. Anne, da. of Archibald Campbell, 7th earl of Argyll, and by her (who d. 14 June 1638) had issue,

1. GEORGE, killed at the battle of Alford, 1649, unm.

2. JAMES, became viscount Aboyne on his father's succession to the title of marquess of Huntley, d. unm. 1649.

3. LEWIS, 3d marquess.

4. CHARLES, created earl of Aboyne (see that title).

The marquess was beheaded for his loyalty to king Charles I., 22 March 1649, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

LEWIS, 3d marquess, m. Isabel, da. of sir James Grant, of Grant, and d. 1653, leaving an only son,

GEORGE, 4th marquess, created duke of GORDON, 1 Nov. 1684; m. Elizabeth Howard, 2d da. of Henry, 6th duke of Norfolk, and by her (who d. July 1732) he had

to 1. ALEXANDER, 2d duke.

2. JANE, m. James Drummond, son of James, 4th earl of Perth. The duke d. 7 Dec. 1716, and was succeeded by his only son, ALEXANDER, 2d duke of GORDON, m., 1706, Henrietta, da. of Charles, 3d earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, (through which lady the baronies of Beauchamp of Bletshoe, and of Mordaunt were acquired,) and by her had issue,

1. COSMO-GEORGE, 3d duke.

2. CHARLES, d. 1780.

3. LEWIS, d. 1754.

4. ADAM, a general in the army, and commander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland; m., 2 Sept. 1767, Jane, da. of John Drummond, esq., and widow of James, 2d duke of Atholl, and d. Aug. 1801.

5. HENRIETTA, d. Feb. 1789.

6. MARY, d. 26 July 1782.

7. ANNE, m. William, earl of Aberdeen, and d. 25 June 1791.

8. BETTY, m. the rev. mr. Skelly.

9. JANE, d. unm. 1792.

10. CATHERINE, m. Francis, 5th earl of Wemyss.

11. CHARLOTTE.

His grace d. Nov. 1728, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

COSMO-GEORGE, 3d duke; m., 1741, Catharine Gordon, da. of William, 2d earl of Aberdeen, by whom (who m., 2dly, gen. Staates Long Morris, and d. 10 Dec. 1779) he had issue,

1. ALEXANDER, 4th duke.

2. WILLIAM, receiver-gen. of the duchy of Cornwall, d. 1 May 1823, having m., 1 March 1781, Frances-Ingram Shepherd, 2d da. of Charles, 9th viscount Irwin, and had issue Frances-Isabella-Kerr.

3. GEORGE, d. unm., 1 Nov. 1792.

4. SUSAN, m., 1st, 1767, John Fane, 9th earl of Westmoreland; and, 2dly, 28 Dec. 1778, col. John Woodford, and d. 1 Dec. 1814.

5. ANNE, m., 1782, the rev. Alexander Chalmers, and d. 7 June 1816.

6. CATHERINE, m. Thomas Booker, esq. 53d regiment of foot, d. 3 Jan. 1797.

His grace dying in France, in Aug. 1752, was succeeded by his eldest son,

ALEXANDER, 4th duke, K.T., keeper of the great seal in Scotland, lord lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, and chancellor of King's College, Aberdeen; b. 29 June 1743, m., 1st, 18 Oct. 1767, Jane, da. of sir William Maxwell, bart., and by her (who d. 11 April 1812) had issue,

1. GEORGE, present duke.

2. CHARLOTTE, m., 9 Sept. 1789, Charles, 4th duke of Richmond.

3. MADELINA, m., 1st, 3 April 1789, sir Robert Sinclair, bart., and, 2dly,

25 Nov. 1805, Charles Palmer, of Lockley Park, Berks, esq.

4. SUSAN, m., 8 Nov. 1793, William, 5th duke of Manchester.

5. LOUISA, m., 17 April 1797, Charles, 2d marquess Cornwallis.

6. GEORGIANA, m. 8 Nov. 1785, John, present and 5th duke of Bedford.

7. ALEXANDER, capt. 59th foot, d. unm. 8 Jan. 1808.

The duke m., 2dly, in July 1820, mrs. Christie, and by her (who d. July 1824) had no issue. His grace d. 17 June 1827, and was succeeded by his only surviving son,