Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

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Earl of Dalkeith
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Born
Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott

(1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 (age 36)
London, England
Nationality British
Other namesLord Eskdaill (1984—2007)
Occupation Heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Cobbe
(m. 2014)
Parent(s)

Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (born 2 August 1984) [1] is a Scottish nobleman. He is the second child and elder son of Richard Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch & 12th Duke of Queensberry, and the former Lady Elizabeth Kerr, a daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, and Antonella Reuss Newland. He is heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

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As the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, he uses the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith, a title which he has used since the death of grandfather, John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, on 4 September 2007. Until his grandfather's death, he had used the courtesy title Lord Eskdaill.

Lord Dalkeith served as a page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1996 to 1999.

His paternal great-grandaunt was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.

On 12 December 2013, the engagement was announced of the Earl of Dalkeith to Elizabeth Hanar Cobbe, the younger daughter of Mr Hugh Michael Thomas Cobbe (born 1942) of East Woodhay, Hampshire. [2] They married on 22 November 2014.

Arms

Coat of arms of Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
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Adopted
1935
Coronet
A coronet of a Earl
Crest
A Stag trippant proper armed and attired Or
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st grandquarter for the Earldom of Doncaster: the arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister Argent; 2nd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Argyll: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2 and 3rd: Argent a Lymphad sails furled Sable flags and pennons flying Gules and oars in action of the second (Lorne); 3rd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Queensberry: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Argent a Heart Gules crowned with an Imperial Crown Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the field (Douglas); 2 and 3rd, Azure a Bend between six Cross Crosslets fitchée Or (Mar); the whole of this grandquarter within a Bordure Or charged with a double Tressure flory-counter-flory Gules; 4th grandquarter for the Dukedom of Montagu: quarterly, 1st: Argent three Fusils conjoined in fess Gules a Bordure Sable (Montagu); 2nd: Or an Eagle displayed Vert beaked and membered Gules (Monthermer); 3rd: Sable a Lion rampant Argent on a Canton of the last a Cross Gules (Churchill); 4th: Argent a Chevron Gules between three Caps of Maintenance their fronts turned to the sinister Azure furred Ermine (Brudenell); over the grandquarters at the fess point an Inescutcheon Or on a Bend Azure a Mullet of six points between two Crescents of the field (Scott)
Supporters
On either side a Female Figure proper habited from the waist downwards in a Kirtle Azure gathered up at the knees the arms and bosom uncovered around the shoulders a Flowing Mantle as before suspended by the exterior hand girdle and sandals Gules and her head adorned with a Plume of three Ostrich Feathers Argent
Motto
Amo (I love)

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References

  1. "Dalkeith, Earl of, (Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott) (born 2 Aug. 1984)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u15084 . Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "The Earl of Dalkeith and Miss E.H. Cobbe - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
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