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Grande magnate terriero scozzese, il duca di Buccleuch iniziò anche una carriera politica nelle file dei conservatori e venne nominato nel 1835 cavaliere dell' Ordine della Giarrettiera e Consigliere Privato della regina dal 1842.
George Henry Scott, lord Scott di Whitchester (1798–1808), figlio primogenito del IV duca, morto giovane. Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, V duca di Buccleuch, VII duca di Queensberry (1806–1884), figlio secondogenito del IV duca.
Nato a Montagu House, a Londra, William era il figlio primogenito di Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, V duca di Buccleuch e VII duca di Queensberry e di sua moglie, lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, figlia di Thomas Thynne, II marchese di Bath e di sua moglie, Isabella Elizabeth Byng.
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884), styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 1819, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, landowner and politician.
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG, PC, FRS, FRSE (born Walter Francis Montagu-Scott; 25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884), styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 1819, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, landowner and politician. He was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from 1842 to 1846 and Lord ...
Political activity. As Earl of Dalkeith, Scott was Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire from 1923 until 1935, when he succeeded as Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry. He was succeeded as MP for the constituency by his brother, Lord William Scott.
A great Scottish land magnate, Buccleuch was a Conservative in politics, and was created a Knight of the Garter in 1835 and Privy Counsellor in 1842. He served as Lord Privy Seal (1842 to 1846), and Lord President of the Council (January to July, 1846) in Peel's government, when he reluctantly supported Peel's decision to repeal the Corn Laws.
