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6 unusual facts about Duke of Buccleuch


Cumbria Archive Service

Important collections include records from the Furness estate office of the Duke of Buccleuch.

Edinburgh North by-election, 1973

Alexander Fletcher held the seat for the Conservatives, after his predecessor became Duke of Buccleuch.

Kettering Buccleuch Academy

The name of the school refers to the Dukes of Buccleuch, who have had connections with Kettering stretching back for almost 500 years.

Peel Monument

It emerged later that the tower had been planned and built in such haste that the necessary permission had not been obtained from the owner of the land, the Duke of Buccleuch.

Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal

Richmond was established in 1850 as Beaulieu-on-Illovo by British Byrne Settlers who were originally from Beaulieu, the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom

The foundation stone was laid on 21 May 1874 by the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, whose family had been so generous and loyal to Scottish Episcopacy over the previous hundred years.


Anthony Stephen Mathew

Throughout his career in the church, he was rector of Glooston, Leicestershire from 1781 and the Duke of Buccleuch gave him the rectorship of Broughton, Northamptonshire in 1790 which he held until he died.

British-Israel-World Federation

At one time this organization enjoyed the patronage of members of the British establishment including HRH Princess Alice of Athlone, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Dysart, Lord Gisborough, and William Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Charles d'Agar

He primarily painted portraits on commission for patrons such as the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Bolingbroke.


see also

Honour of Clitheroe

Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, great-nephew of the 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton, and second son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, inherited the Honour in 1845.

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry, died on 4 October 1973 and was buried among the ruins of Melrose Abbey.