Marquess of Queensberry

Title in the Peerage of Scotland

Marquessate of Queensberry
Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, a Human's Heart Gules, imperially crowned Or, on a Chief Azure, three Mullets of the field (for Douglas); 2nd & 3rd, Azure, a bend between six Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Or (for Mar); all within a Bordure Or, charged with a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (for Scotland). Crest: A Human Heart Gules, imperially crowned proper, within two Wings Or. Supporters: On either side a Pegasus Argent, winged crined and unguled Or.
Creation date11 February 1682[1]
Created byCharles II of Scotland
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderWilliam Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
Present holderDavid Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
Heir apparentSholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig
Remainder toheirs male whatsoever of the grantee
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Queensberry
Viscount Drumlanrig
Lord Douglas of Hawick & Tibbers
Baronet of Kelhead
StatusExtant
Former seat(s)Kinmount House
MottoFORWARD
Memorial plaques at the Douglas Family Mausoleum, Cummertrees Parish Church
The Queensberry Monument Dumfries

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The Marquesses also held the title of Duke of Queensberry from 1684 to 1810, when it was inherited by the Duke of Buccleuch.

History

The feudal barony of Drumlanrig was held by Sir William Douglas, illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, was created the 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1633.[2]

The subsidiary titles of Lord Queensberry are: Earl of Queensberry (created 1633), Viscount Drumlanrig (1628) and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628), all in the peerage of Scotland. He is also a Scottish baronet, styled "of Kelhead", created 26 February 1668, so the 6th Marquess was the 5th Baronet. The courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is Viscount Drumlanrig. There is no special courtesy title for Lord Drumlanrig's eldest son and heir.

The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was Kinmount House in the parish of Cummertrees, south Scotland, which was sold by the 9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church.

The 9th Marquess is particularly well known because of the rules of boxing that were named after him (the Marquess of Queensberry rules), and for his litigious interaction with Oscar Wilde.

On 22 June 1893, Queen Victoria raised Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Kelhead. Francis, Lord Drumlanrig, died without descendants the following year and the title "Baron Kelhead" became extinct.

Lairds of Drumlanrig

  • William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig (died 1427)
  • William Douglas, 2nd of Drumlanrig (died 1458)
  • William Douglas, 3rd of Drumlanrig (died 1464)
  • William Douglas, 4th of Drumlanrig (died 1484)
  • James Douglas, 5th of Drumlanrig (died 1498)
  • William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig (died 1513)
  • James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig (died 1578)
  • James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig (died 1615)
  • William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640) (became Earl of Queensberry in 1633)

Earls of Queensberry (1633)

Marquesses (1682) and Dukes of Queensberry (1684)

The 2nd Duke of Queensberry surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles to the Crown and obtained a new grant under the same precedence (1684) with remainder to the Dukedom and those subsidiary titles bypassing his second son to his third son and further to the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. Upon his death the Marquessate passed to James Douglas, 3rd Marquess and a homicidal maniac known as "the Cannibalistic Idiot."[3] He was excluded from his father's titles after the duke's death, which instead passed to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke. The 3rd Duke also succeeded as Marquess upon the latter's death at age 17.[4]

The Dukedom of Queensberry passed by special remainder to the heirs male or female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry who was Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith through Lady Jean Douglas (married to Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch) who was eldest daughter surviving infancy of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry.

Marquesses of Queensberry from 1810 (cont. 1682)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (born 1967).
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his brother Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (born 1978).

Baronets, of Kelhead (26 February 1668)

See Douglas baronets

See above for further succession

Family tree and line of succession

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Marquesses of Queensberry and Dukes of Buccleuch, Dover, Monmouth, and Queensberry
Lord Scott of Buccleuch, 1606
Walter Scott
c. 1565–1611
1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
Earl of Buccleuch and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill, 1619Viscount Drumlanrig and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers, 1628
Earl of Queensberry, 1633
Walter Scott
c. 1606–1633
1st Earl of Buccleuch		William Douglas
(c. 1582 – c. 1639–1640)
1st Earl of Queensberry
King Charles II
1630–1685		Francis Scott
1626–1651
2nd Earl of Buccleuch		James Douglas
d. 1671
2nd Earl of Queensberry		William Douglas
d. 1673
Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch (1st creation) and Earl of Dalkeith, 1663Duke of Buccleuch (2nd creation), 1663Marquess of Queensberry and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, 1682
Marquess of Dumfriesshire, 1683
Duke of Queensberry, 1684		Baronet Douglas of Kelhead, 1668
James Scott
1649–1685
Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith		Anne Scott
1651–1732
1st Duchess of Buccleuch, 4th Countess of Buccleuch		Mary Scott
1647–1661
3rd Countess of Buccleuch		William Douglas
1637–1695
1st Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, 3rd Earl of Queensberry		Lady Catherine DouglasJames Douglas
1639–1708
1st Baronet of Kelhead
Dukedoms of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1st creation) and earldoms of Buccleuch and Doncaster forfeit, 1663
Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 1708Earl of March, 1697
James Scott
1674–1705
styled Earl of Dalkeith		James Douglas
1662–1711
2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 2nd Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar		William Douglas
d. 1705
Earl of March		William Douglas
d. 1733
2nd Baronet of Kelhead
Earl of Doncaster restored, 1743Earl of Solway, 1706
Francis Scott
1695–1751
2nd Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 2nd Earl of Doncaster		Jane Douglas
1701–1729		James Douglas
1697–1715
3rd Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar		Charles Douglas
1698–1778
3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 4th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of Solway		William Douglas
1696–1731
Earl of March		John Douglas
c. 1708–1778
3rd Baronet of Kelhead
Excluded from succession to the dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover[5]Dukedom of Dover and Marquessate of Beverley, and earldom of Solway extinct, 1778
Francis Scott
1721–1750
styled Earl of Dalkeith		Henry Douglas
1722–1754
styled Earl of Drumlanrig		Charles Douglas
1726–1756
styled Earl of Drumlanrig		William Douglas
1724–1810
4th Duke of Queensberry, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of March
Henry Scott
1746–1812
3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 5th Duke of Queensberry		William Douglas
c. 1730–1783
4th Baronet of Kelhead
George Scott
1768
styled Earl of Dalkeith		Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott
1772–1819
4th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 6th Duke of Queensberry		Charles Douglas
1777–1837
6th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar		John Douglas
1779–1856
7th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
George Henry Scott
1798–1808
Lord Scott of Whitchester		Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott
1806–1884
5th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 7th Duke of Queensberry		Archibald William Douglas
1818–1858
8th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott
1831–1914
6th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 8th Duke of Queensberry		Henry John Montagu-Scott
1832–1905
Baron Montagu of Beaulieu		John Sholto Douglas
1844–1900
9th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott
1861–1886
styled Earl of Dalkeith		John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott
1864–1935
7th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 9th Duke of Queensberry		Francis Archibald Douglas
1867–1894
styled Viscount Drumlanrig, Baron Kelhead		Percy Sholto Douglas
1868–1920
10th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott
1894–1973
8th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 10th Duke of Queensberry		Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas
1898–1954
11th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott
1923–2007
9th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 11th Duke of Queensberry		David Harrington Angus Douglas
b. 1929
12th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 1954
10th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 12th Duke of Queensberry		Sholto Francis Guy Douglas
b. 1967
styled Viscount Drumlanrig		Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas
b. 1978
Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 1984
styled Earl of Dalkeith
Willoughby Ralph Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 2016
Lord Eskdaill
Line of succession (simplified)
  • Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954)
    • David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (b. 1929)
      • (1). Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (b. 1967)
      • (2). Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (b. 1978)
    • (3). Lord Gawain Archibald Francis Douglas (b. 1948)
      • (4). Jamie Sholto Francis Douglas (b. 1975)
        • (5). Nikhel Jamie Gawain Douglas (b. 2009)

There are other heirs in remainder to the marquessate descended from the 10th marquess and from the younger heirs male of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Debrett, John (1820). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. pp. 635–639. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ Burke, Bernard (2009). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. Heritage Books. p. 294. ISBN 9780788437199.
  3. ^ Fryer, Jonathan (1998). Andre and Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wilde. Macmillan. p. 90. ISBN 9780312303877. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ Murray, Douglas (18 June 2000). "Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas (Excerpt)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. ^ James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, a homicidal maniac, was excluded from the line of succession to the Dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover when his father — the 2nd Duke of Queensberry — surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles back to the Crown and obtained a new grant with the same precedence for the surrendered titles that altered the succession to his second son and then the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. The succession of the Marquessate continued in remainder to the heirs male of the 1st Earl of Queensberry.
  6. ^ a b Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Queensberry, Marquess of". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 2851–2858. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

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