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Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 December 1894

Died: 4 October 1973

Peerages

Earl of Dalkeith -

7th Earl of Doncaster - 19 October 1935

10th Duke of Queensbury - 19 October 1935

8th Duke of Buccleuch - 19 October 1935

Member of Privy Council - 1937

father of Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott

son of John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott

father-in-law of Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour

Elections fought

6 December 1923		Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,258	43.11
29 October 1924		Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,684	45.81
30 May 1929		Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,510	38.01
27 October 1931		Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,394	55.12
19 October 1935 Succession of the Earl of Dalkeith to the peerage - 8th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury.