Duke o Queensberry
The teetle Duke o Queensberry wis creatit in the Peerage o Scotland on 3 Februar 1684 alang wi the subsidiary teetle Marquess o Dumfriesshire for the 1st Marquess o Queensberry.
| Dukedom o Queensberry held wi Dukedom o Buccleuch | |
|---|---|
  Airms o the Dukes o Buccleuch, that hae held the teetle o Duke o Queensberry syne 1810 | |
| Creaution date | 3 Februar 1684[1] |
| Monarch | Charles II |
| Peerage | Peerage o Scotland |
| First hauder | William Douglas, 1st Marquess o Queensberry |
| Present hauder | Richard Scott, 12t Duke |
| Heir apparent | Walter Scott, Yerl o Dawkeith |
| Remainder tae | the 2nt Duke's heirs o entail, male or female, descendit frae the bouk o the 1st Yerl o Queensberry |
| Subsidiary teetles | Marquess o Dumfriesshire Yerl o Drumlanrig an Sanquhar Viscoont o Nith, Tortholwald an Ross Laird Douglas o Kilmount, Middlebie an Dornock |
| Seat(s) | Bowhill House Drumlanrig Castle Dumfries and Galloway Boughton House |
| Umwhile seat(s) | Dalkeith Palace Montagu House |
| Armorial motto | Queensberry: Forward Buccleuch: Amo ("Ah luve") |
References
eedit- ↑ Debrett, John (1820). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (in Inglis). F.C. and J. Rivington. pp. 635–639. Retrieved 21 November 2016.