Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, by Thomas Bardwell

Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (19 February 1721 – 1 April 1750) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest child of

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by his first wife Jane, daughter of

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. In 1732 his father succeeded as second

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and Francis assumed the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was awarded the degree of

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on 26 January 1741. On 2 October 1742 he was married to Lady Caroline Campbell (born 17 November 1717), eldest daughter and co-heiress of

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and 1st Duke of Greenwich. They had four sons and two daughters: * Caroline Scott (1 October 1743 – 10 December 1753) * John Scott, styled Lord Scott of Whitchester (3 January 1745 – January 1749)Buried at St James, Westminster, on 22 January 1748/9. Source: ''The Register of Marriages (and Burials) belonging to St James's Westminster. 1723-1754''. 22 January 1748. * Henry Scott (2 September 1746 – 11 January 1812), styled Lord Scott of Whitchester after his brother's death, Earl of Dalkeith after his father's death and succeeded as 3rd Duke of Buccleuch in 1751; had issue * Campbell Scott (17 October 1747 – 18 October 1766) * James Scott (1 March 1748 – 17 January 1758) * Frances Scott (26 July 1750 – 31 March 1817), second wife of

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; had issue Lord Dalkeith was elected to Parliament as Whig Member of Parliament for

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in a by-election on 22 April 1746. On 1 April 1750 he died of

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aged 29, and was buried in the Buccleuch crypt at St Nicholas Church in Dalkeith. In 1755 his widow was remarried to Charles Townshend, later Chancellor of the Exchequer, by whom she had further issue. She was created Baroness Greenwich in her own right in 1767, and died on 11 January 1794. Her title had been limited to her descendants from her second marriage, and became extinct on her death.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231554/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons4.htm * http://thepeerage.com/p10359.htm#i103589 * http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/Places/Churches&Abbeys/St_nicholas_church.html#.WdeKFmhSyUk {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalkeith, Francis Scott, Earl of 1721 births 1750 deaths Courtesy earls Deaths from smallpox Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Heirs apparent who never acceded British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies