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unusual facts about Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch



Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

Lady Agnes Leslie

On 20 April 1663, she married, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (the illegitimate son of Charles II by his mistress, Lucy Walter) and she and her husband were created Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch on that day.

Henrietta Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth

Lady Wentworth was set to marry Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet but James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth proposed himself instead although he was already married.

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Staff writers included MacDonald Hastings, Lorna Hay, Sydney Jacobson, J.B. Priestley, Lionel Birch, James Cameron, Fyfe Robertson, Anne Scott-James, Robert Kee, and Bert Lloyd; many notable freelancer writers contributed, as well, including George Bernard Shaw, Dorothy Parker, and William Saroyan.


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