SCOTT, Francis, Lord Dalkeith (1721-50).

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

22 Apr. 1746 - 1 Apr. 1750

Family and Education

b. 19 Feb. 1721, 1st s. of Francis, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch [S], by Lady Jean Douglas, da. of James, 2nd Duke of Queensberry [S] and 1st Duke of Dover [GB]. educ. Eton 1732; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1739. m. 2 Oct. 1742, Lady Caroline Campbell, da. and coh. of John, 2nd Duke of Argyll [S] and 1st Duke of Greenwich [GB], 4s. 2da.

Offices Held

Biography

Returned by the Duke of Newcastle at a by-election in 1746, Dalkeith wrote to Henry Pelham on the eve of the dissolution of Parliament in 1747:

If the Duke of Newcastle is so good as to bring me again into Parliament, there will not be one person in the House of Commons a more steady friend to him and of his family, for the civilities I have already received from the Pelhams are sufficient to bind me to them forever. As to yourself I shall be silent, for if I was to say half what I think it would look like flattery, and a flatterer I abhor.1

Duly re-elected, he died of smallpox, 1 Apr. 1750.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

Notes

  • 1. 9 June 1747, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.