Marquess of Queensberry

Title in the Peerage of Scotland

For the boxing rules, see Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

Marquessate of Queensberry

Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, a Human's Heart Gules, imperially crowned Or, on a Chief Azure, three Mullets of the field (for Douglas); 2nd & 3rd, Azure, a bend between six Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Or (for Mar); all within a Bordure Or, charged with a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (for Scotland). Crest: A Human Heart Gules, imperially crowned proper, within two Wings Or. Supporters: On either side a Pegasus Argent, winged crined and unguled Or.

Creation date| 11 February 1682[1]
Created by| Charles II of Scotland
Peerage| Peerage of Scotland
First holder| William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
Present holder| David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
Heir apparent| Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig
Remainder to| heirs male whatsoever of the grantee
Subsidiary titles| Earl of Queensberry
Viscount Drumlanrig
Lord Douglas of Hawick & Tibbers
Baronet of Kelhead
Status| Extant
Former seat(s)| Kinmount House
Motto| FORWARD
Memorial plaques at the Douglas Family Mausoleum, Cummertrees Parish Church The Queensberry Monument Dumfries

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The Marquesses also held the title of Duke of Queensberry from 1684 to 1810, when it was inherited by the Duke of Buccleuch.

## History

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The feudal barony of Drumlanrig was held by Sir William Douglas, illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, was created the 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1633.[2]

The subsidiary titles of Lord Queensberry are: Earl of Queensberry (created 1633), Viscount Drumlanrig (1628) and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628), all in the peerage of Scotland. He is also a Scottish baronet, styled "of Kelhead", created 26 February 1668, so the 6th Marquess was the 5th Baronet. The courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is Viscount Drumlanrig. There is no special courtesy title for Lord Drumlanrig's eldest son and heir.

The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was Kinmount House in the parish of Cummertrees, south Scotland, which was sold by the 9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church.

The 9th Marquess is particularly well known because of the rules of boxing that were named after him (the Marquess of Queensberry rules), and for his litigious interaction with Oscar Wilde.

On 22 June 1893, Queen Victoria raised Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Kelhead. Francis, Lord Drumlanrig, died without descendants the following year and the title "Baron Kelhead" became extinct.

## Lairds of Drumlanrig

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* William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig (died 1427)
* William Douglas, 2nd of Drumlanrig (died 1458)
* William Douglas, 3rd of Drumlanrig (died 1464)
* William Douglas, 4th of Drumlanrig (died 1484)
* James Douglas, 5th of Drumlanrig (died 1498)
* William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig (died 1513)
* James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig (died 1578)
* James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig (died 1615)
* William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640) (became Earl of Queensberry in 1633)

## Earls of Queensberry (1633)

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* William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 8 March 1639/40)
* James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (died 1671)
* William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry (1637–1695) (became Marquess of Queensberry in 1682, and Duke of Queensberry in 1684)

## Marquesses (1682) and Dukes of Queensberry (1684)

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Main article: Duke of Queensberry

* William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry (1637–1695)
* James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry (1672–1711) (became Duke of Dover in 1708)
* James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, (1697–1715)
* Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 4th Marquess of Queensberry (1698–1778) (Dukedom of Dover extinct in 1778)
* William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 5th Marquess of Queensberry (1725–1810)

The 2nd Duke of Queensberry surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles to the Crown and obtained a new grant under the same precedence (1684) with remainder to the Dukedom and those subsidiary titles bypassing his second son to his third son and further to the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. Upon his death the Marquessate passed to James Douglas, 3rd Marquess and a homicidal maniac known as "the Cannibalistic Idiot."[3] He was excluded from his father's titles after the duke's death, which instead passed to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke. The 3rd Duke also succeeded as Marquess upon the latter's death at age 17.[4]

The Dukedom of Queensberry passed by special remainder to the heirs male or female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry who was Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith through Lady Jean Douglas (married to Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch) who was eldest daughter surviving infancy of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry.

For successive Dukes of Queensberry, see Duke of Queensberry and Duke of Buccleuch.

## Marquesses of Queensberry from 1810 (cont. 1682)

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* Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (1777–1837)
* John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856)
* Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (1818–1858)
* John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900)
* Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920)
* Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954)
* David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (born 1929)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (born 1967).
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his brother Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (born 1978).

## Baronets, of Kelhead (26 February 1668)

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See Douglas baronets

* Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1639–1708)
* Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet (died 1733)
* Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet (died 1778)
* Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet (died 1783)
* Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (1777–1837)

See above for further succession

## Family tree and line of succession

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Marquesses of Queensberry and Dukes of Buccleuch, Dover, Monmouth, and Queensberry

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| | | | | | | | Walter Scott
c. 1565–1611
1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
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| | | | | | | | Earl of Buccleuch and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill, 1619| | Viscount Drumlanrig and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers, 1628
Earl of Queensberry, 1633
| | | | | | | | Walter Scott
c. 1606–1633
1st Earl of Buccleuch| | William Douglas
(c. 1582 – c. 1639–1640)
1st Earl of Queensberry
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King Charles II
1630–1685| | | | | | Francis Scott
1626–1651
2nd Earl of Buccleuch| | James Douglas
d. 1671
2nd Earl of Queensberry| | | | | | William Douglas
d. 1673
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Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch (1st creation) and Earl of Dalkeith, 1663| | | | | | | Duke of Buccleuch (2nd creation), 1663| | Marquess of Queensberry and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, 1682
Marquess of Dumfriesshire, 1683
Duke of Queensberry, 1684| | | | | | | Baronet Douglas of Kelhead, 1668
James Scott
1649–1685
Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith| | Anne Scott
1651–1732
1st Duchess of Buccleuch, 4th Countess of Buccleuch| | Mary Scott
1647–1661
3rd Countess of Buccleuch| | William Douglas
1637–1695
1st Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, 3rd Earl of Queensberry| | Lady Catherine Douglas| | James Douglas
1639–1708
1st Baronet of Kelhead
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Dukedoms of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1st creation) and earldoms of Buccleuch and Doncaster forfeit, 1663| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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James Scott
1674–1705
styled Earl of Dalkeith| | | | | | | | | | James Douglas
1662–1711
2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 2nd Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar| | William Douglas
d. 1705
Earl of March| | William Douglas
d. 1733
2nd Baronet of Kelhead
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Earl of Doncaster restored, 1743| | | | | | | | | | | | Earl of Solway, 1706| | | | | | | | | |
Francis Scott
1695–1751
2nd Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 2nd Earl of Doncaster| | Jane Douglas
1701–1729| | James Douglas
1697–1715
3rd Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar| | Charles Douglas
1698–1778
3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover and Marquess of Beverley, 4th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of Solway| | William Douglas
1696–1731
Earl of March| | John Douglas
c. 1708–1778
3rd Baronet of Kelhead

| | | | | | | | | Excluded from succession to the dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover[a]| | Dukedom of Dover and Marquessate of Beverley, and earldom of Solway extinct, 1778| | | | | | | | | |
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Francis Scott
1721–1750
styled Earl of Dalkeith| | | | | | Henry Douglas
1722–1754
styled Earl of Drumlanrig| | Charles Douglas
1726–1756
styled Earl of Drumlanrig| | William Douglas
1724–1810
4th Duke of Queensberry, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Earl of March| | | | |
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Henry Scott
1746–1812
3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 5th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | William Douglas
c. 1730–1783
4th Baronet of Kelhead
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George Scott
1768
styled Earl of Dalkeith| | Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott
1772–1819
4th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 6th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | Charles Douglas
1777–1837
6th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar| | John Douglas
1779–1856
7th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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George Henry Scott
1798–1808
Lord Scott of Whitchester| | Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott
1806–1884
5th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 7th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Archibald William Douglas
1818–1858
8th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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| | | | William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott
1831–1914
6th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 8th Duke of Queensberry| | Henry John Montagu-Scott
1832–1905
Baron Montagu of Beaulieu| | | | | | | | | | John Sholto Douglas
1844–1900
9th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott
1861–1886
styled Earl of Dalkeith| | John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott
1864–1935
7th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 9th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | Francis Archibald Douglas
1867–1894
styled Viscount Drumlanrig, Baron Kelhead| | Percy Sholto Douglas
1868–1920
10th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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| | | | Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott
1894–1973
8th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 10th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas
1898–1954
11th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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| | | | Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott
1923–2007
9th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 11th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Harrington Angus Douglas
b. 1929
12th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
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| | | | Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 1954
10th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 12th Duke of Queensberry| | | | | | | | | | Sholto Francis Guy Douglas
b. 1967
styled Viscount Drumlanrig| | Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas
b. 1978
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| | | | Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 1984
styled Earl of Dalkeith
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| | | | Willoughby Ralph Montagu Douglas Scott
b. 2016
Lord Eskdaill

Notes

1. ^ James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, a homicidal maniac, was excluded from the line of succession to the Dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover when his father — the 2nd Duke of Queensberry — surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles back to the Crown and obtained a new grant with the same precedence for the surrendered titles that altered the succession to his second son and then the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. The succession of the Marquessate continued in remainder to the heirs male of the 1st Earl of Queensberry.

Line of succession (simplified)

* John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900)
* Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920)
* Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954)
* David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (b. 1929)
* (1). Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (b. 1967)
* (2). Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (b. 1978)
* (3). Lord Gawain Archibald Francis Douglas (b. 1948)
* (4). Jamie Sholto Francis Douglas (b. 1975)
* (5). Nikhel Jamie Gawain Douglas (b. 2009)
* Lord Sholto George Douglas (1872–1942)
* Sholto Augustus Douglas (1900–1950)
* male issue in remainder

There are other heirs in remainder to the marquessate descended from the younger heirs male of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet.[5]

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## References

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1. ^ Debrett, John (1820). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. pp. 635–639. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
2. ^ Burke, Bernard (2009). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. Heritage Books. p. 294\. ISBN 9780788437199.
3. ^ Fryer, Jonathan (1998). Andre and Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wilde. Macmillan. p. 90\. ISBN 9780312303877. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
4. ^ Murray, Douglas (18 June 2000). "Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas (Excerpt)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
5. ^ a b Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Queensberry, Marquess of". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 2851–2858\. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

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