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Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (11 February 1651 – 6 February 1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress.
Anne was the daughter of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch. In 1661, she succeeded to her sister's title of Countess of Buccleuch. On 20 April 1663, she married, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (the illegitimate son of Charles II of England his mistress, Lucy Walter) and she and her husband were created Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch on that day. They had seven children:
- Isabella Scott (d. 1748)
- Charles Scott, Earl of Doncaster (1672–1674), died in infancy.
- James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1674–1705), married Lady Henrietta Hyde, daughter of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester and had issue. {Laurence Hyde was the brother of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York-wife of James II of England}.
- Anne Scott (1675–1685), died young.
- Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine (1676–1730)
- Lord Francis Scott (1678–1679), died in infancy.
- Lady Charlotte Scott (b. & d. 1683), died in infancy.
The Duke of Monmouth was executed in 1685 following the failure of the Monmouth Rebellion, in which he attempted to win the English throne. The duchess married Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis on 6 May 1688, but they did not have any children. Anne died in 1732, aged 80 and her titles passed to her grandson, Francis.
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| New creation | Duchess of Buccleuch 2nd creation 1663 – 1732 | Succeeded by Francis Scott |
| Preceded by Mary Scott | Countess of Buccleuch 1661 – 1732 | |
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N Phil Gyford
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On April 20 1663, married James Scott http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/5315.php the illegitimate son of the King http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/344.php and Lucy Walter http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/5743.php . She was 12 years old when she married the 13 year old Scott.
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From Grammont’s footnotes
This was Lady Anne Scott, daughter and sole heir of Francis, Earl of Buccleugh, only son and heir of Walter, Lord Scott, created Earl of Buccleugh in 1619. On their marriage the duke took the surname of Scott, and he and his lady were created Duke and Duchess of Buccleugh, Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Baron and Baroness of Whitchester and Ashdale, in Scotland, by letters patent, dated April 20th, 1673. Also, two days after he was installed at Windsor, the king and queen, the Duke of York, and most of the court being present. The next day, being St. George’s day, his majesty solemnized it with a royal feast, and entertained the knights companions in St. George’s hall in the castle of Windsor. Though there were several children of this marriage, it does not appear to have been a happy one; the duke, without concealment, attaching himself to Lady Harriet Wentworth, whom, with his dying breath, he declared he considered as his only wife in the sight of God. The duchess, in May, 1688, took to her second husband Charles, Lord Cornwallis. She died Feb. 6, 1731-2, in the 81st year of her age, and was buried at Dalkeith, in Scotland. Our author is not more correct about figures than he avows himself to be in the arrangement of facts and dates: the duchess’s fortune was much greater than he has stated it to have been.
http://www.pseudopodium.org/repress/grammont/notes06.html see note 157