Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Tarras (23 December 1644 – 9 April 1693) was a Scottish nobleman. Born Walter Scott of Highchester, he married his kinswoman
Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch
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, daughter of
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Leslie, on 9 February 1659 in
Wemyss, Fife
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. She died in 1661 and the couple had no children. He married Helen Hepburn of
Humbie
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in 1677, and they had a number of children. He was granted the titles Earl of Tarras and Baron Almoor and Campcastill in the
Peerage of Scotland
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in 1660. These were early examples of a life peerage, being granted "for the days of his natural life", to make Walter Scott of equal rank to his wife. In 1685 he was
attainted
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, but restored in 1687.
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1644 births
1693 deaths
Earls in the Peerage of Scotland
Life peers created by Charles II
Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689
17th-century Scottish peers