Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, 5th Duke of Queensberry KG, KT (* September 2, 1746 in London, † January 11, 1812 at Dalkeith Castle) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.

Henry Scott was the son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, and his wife Caroline Campbell, Baroness Greenwich. He succeeded his grandfather Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Buccleuch in 1751, when his father was already deceased at this time. About his grandmother he was a descendant of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, and after the death of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 1810 also Duke of Queensberry.

1764-1766 was accompanied as a tutor in his educational journey through France and Switzerland Henry Scott of the philosopher Adam Smith. Longer stays there in Toulouse, Geneva and Paris, where he met, among others Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Turgot and Francois Quesnay.

The Duke was of 1777-1812 Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Lord Lieutenant of Haddington (1794-1812), of Midlothian (1794-1812) and of Roxburghshire ( 1804-1812 ). Scott was since 1783 the first President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a friend of the writer Walter Scott.

He was married to Elizabeth since 1767 ( 1743-1827 ), eldest daughter and heiress of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, with whom he had the following children:

• George (* / † 1768), Earl of Dalkeith
• Mary (1769-1823), ∞ 1791 James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown
• Charles William (1772-1819), 4th Duke of Buccleuch, 6th Duke of Queensberry
• Caroline (1774-1854), ∞ 1803 Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry
• Henry James (1776-1845), 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton, ∞ 1804 Jane Margaret Douglas
• Harriet (1780-1833), ∞ 1806 William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
• Elizabeth (1783-1837), ∞ 1798 Alexander Douglas -Home, 10th Earl of Home