Tour Scotland Photographs Duke of Buccleuch Statue

Tour Scotland photograph of the Duke of Buccleuch statue, on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, who was the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, and the 7th Duke of Queensberry. The statue of the Duke in Parliament Square shows him in the robes of the Order of the Garter, while the bronze panels depict incidents from the Buccleuch family history and scenes from the life of the 5th Duke himself. Buccleuch was born at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland, the fifth child of seven, and second son of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and the Honourable Harriet Katherine Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney and Elizabeth Powys. When his older brother, George Henry, died at the age of 10 from measles, Walter became heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry. He was only thirteen when he succeeded his father to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry in 1819. Buccleuch died in Bowhill, Selkirkshire, in April 1884, aged 77, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William. He was buried in the family crypt of the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. The church is located on Dalkeith's High Street, at the entrance to Dalkeith Country Park.


Photograph of a panel from the Duke of Buccleuch statue, on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.


Photograph of a panel from the Duke of Buccleuch statue, on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.



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