Duke of Queensberry

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William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
Coat of arms of the Dukes until 1778
Coat of arms of the Dukes from 1810
Drumlanrig Castle

Duke of Queensberry is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland . The title is named after the Queensberry hill in Dumfriesshire and has been associated with that of the Duke of Buccleuch (1663) since 1810 .

The family seat of the Dukes of Queensbury is Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire, which was built by the first Duke.

Award, subordinate and other titles

The title was given on February 3, 1684 by King Charles II to William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensbury . This came from the house of Douglas and was an important lawyer of his time. In particular, he had been Lord Justice General from 1680 to 1682 and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1682 to 1686 . Together with the Dukedom he was awarded the title of Marquess of Dumfriesshire . As early as February 11, 1682, he had been awarded the titles of Marquess of Queensberry , Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar , Viscount Nith, Torthorwald and Ross and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock . In addition, in 1671 he had the titles of 3rd Earl of Queensberry (created on June 13, 1633), 3rd Viscount Drumlanrig (created on April 1, 1628) and 3rd Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (created on April 1 1628) inherited from his grandfather. The titles awarded to him in 1682 were bestowed on him with the special note that they were inheritable to his male heirs ( his heirs male whatsoever ), while his other titles are exclusively inheritable to his biological male descendants. All titles mentioned belong to the Peerage of Scotland.

His son, the 2nd Duke, returned the titles of Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfriesshire to the Crown in 1706 . On June 17, 1706 he was awarded them again, with the special note that they should apply to the protocol ranking as awarded on February 3, 1684 and that after his death they were first given to his third son Charles Douglas and his male Descendancy line and, after their extinction, should be inheritable to the male or female descendants of his great-grandfather, the 1st Earl of Queensberry. The background was that his first son William Douglas died in 1696 and his second son James Douglas was obviously idiot. On May 26, 1708 he was raised in the Peerage of Great Britain to Duke of Dover , Marquess of Beverley and Baron Ripon . The bestowal of this title also took place with an inheritance regulation in favor of his third-born son Charles. Accordingly, when the 2nd Duke died in 1711, the titles of 1684/1706 and 1708 fell to Charles Douglas as 3rd Duke of Queensberry and 2nd Duke of Dover. The other titles fell first to James Douglas as 3rd Marquess of Queensberry and, on his childless death in 1715, finally also to Charles Douglas. He was also raised on June 17, 1707 in the Peerage of Scotland to Earl of Solway , Viscount of Tiberris and Lord Douglas of Lockerbie, Dalveen and Thornhill .

When the 3rd Duke of Queensberry died on October 22, 1778, his titles of 1707 and 1708 lapsed. The remaining titles fell to his second nephew, William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March , as the 4th Duke of Queensberry. In 1731 he had the titles of 3rd Earl of March , 3rd Viscount of Peebles and 3rd Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard from his father and in 1748 the titles of 3rd Earl of Ruglen , 3rd Viscount of Riccartoun and 3rd from his mother . Lord Hill House inherited. He was also awarded the title Baron Douglas , of Amesbury in the County of Wiltshire, on August 8, 1786 in the Peerage of Great Britain .

When the 4th Duke died on December 23, 1810, the titles Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccartoun, Lord Hillhouse and Baron Douglas became extinct. The Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock fell in the female line to his third nephew Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch as 5th. Duke. The remaining titles fell to other relatives in the female line. Henry Scott had the titles of 3rd Duke of Buccleuch , 6th Earl of Buccleuch , 3rd Earl of Doncaster , 3rd Earl of Dalkeith , 7th Lord Scott of Buccleuch , 6th Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill , from his grandfather in 1751 , 3. Inherited Baron Scott of Tindale . Both Dukedoms have been run together since 1810. The current title holder, Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch , 12th Duke of Queensberry, is one of only five people in the UK to own two dukedoms.

List of Dukes of Queensberry (1684)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (* 1984).

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