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Montagu Douglas Scott

Montagu Douglas Scott is a prominent aristocratic family in the United Kingdom, founded by James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II. He would lead the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion and married Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, heiress of the Scott family. The family name was briefly Montagu-Scott before the 5th Duke adopted its current form. It's one of only a handful of families in the English-speaking world to have an unhyphenated triple-barrelled name.

The 7th Duke of Buccleuch had a daughter, Alice, who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King George V and uncle of Queen Elizabeth II) in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Prince William of Gloucester are grandsons of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Sarah Ferguson, former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, is a great-great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch.

Dukes of Buccleuch

Other members of the Montagu Douglas Scott family:

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In media

  • Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, says his family has "a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch", but then points out that this is not true.

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