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3^4 BUCCLEUCH BUCCLEUCH or SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCHH BARONY [S.] I. Walter Scott, only s. and h. of Sir Walter S.,of J . . Buccleuch and Branxholme, co. Roxburgh, by Margaret, da. of David (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.], b. 1565, sue. his father (who d. aged 25) 17 Apr. 1574, being then very young; was knighted at the coronation of Anne, the Queen Consort [S.], and was Warden of the West Marches, Keeper of Liddesdale, i^c, 1590; and, having taken a leading part in some of the border raids (more especially in an attack on Carlisle Castle) against the English, was in Oct. 1597 sur- rendered as a prisoner to Queen Elizabeth. On the accession of James VI to the English throne, he distinguished himself in composing the border strife, and subsequently served in the war in the Netherlands, under Maurice, Prince of Orange. He was, " bv a commission " directed to the Viceroy of Scotland, dat. 18 Mar. i6osj6,'a: LORD SCOTT OF BUC- CLEUCH [S.]. P.C. [S.] 26 Feb. 161 1. He m. (contract i Oct. 1586) Margaret [f (tocher 10,000 merks Scots), sister of Robert, ist Earl of RoxBURGHE [S.], da. of Sir William Ker, of Cessford, by Janet, da. of Sir William Douglas, of Drumlanrig. He d. i ^ Dec. 161 1, at Branxholme, and was bur. at Hawick, aged 46. His wife survived him. IL 161 1. 2 and i. Walter (Scott), Lord Scott of Buc- FART DOM rs 1 ^^^UCH [S.], only s. and h. In 1627 he commanded a L ■-• Regiment in the service of Holland against the ^' 1 619. Spaniards. By patent, dat. at Newmarket, 16 Mar. 161 8/9, he was cr. BARON SCOTT OF QUHIT- CHESTER (i.e. Whitchester) AND ESKDAILL, AND EARL OF BUC- CLEUCH [S.], with rem. to his heirs male, which rem. was, apparently, altered by a subsequent patent or charter to heirs gen. He m. (cont. II and 15 Oct. 161 6) Mary (tocher 20,000 merks), 3rd da. of Francis (Hay), Earl of Errol [S.], by his 3rd wife, Elizabeth, da. of William (Douglas), Earl of Morton [S.]. She d. 11 Apr. 1631, at Newark Castle, in Yarrow, shortly after the birth of her da. Mary. He d. in London, 20 Nov. 1633, and was bur. 11 June 1634, at Hawick, the ship conveying the body having been driven over to Norway in a storm. Fun. entry at Lyon office. [Walter Scott, Master OF Buccleuch, j/j/fi/ Lord Scott, b, 13 and bap. 20 Nov. 1625; d. young and v.p., before 2 Apr. 1629.] {^) A copious account of this family is given in The Scotts of Buccleuch, by William Fraser, Edinburgh, 1878. The graphic description by Sir Waher Scott (in his Lay of the Last Minstrel) of the style of life at Branxholme, refers (apparently) to a time when Janet (Bethune) widow of Sir Walter Scott (who was slain by Kerr of Cessford in 1552), was holding the castle.