Walter Scott, Earl Of Dalkeith
Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (born 2 August 1984) is the second child and elder son of Richard Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch & 12th Duke of Queensberry, and Lady Elizabeth Kerr, a daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian and Antonella Reuss Newland. He is heir apparent to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
As the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, he uses the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith, a title to which he succeeded upon the death of grandfather, Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, on 4 September 2007. Until his grandfather's death, Mr Scott had used the courtesy title Lord Eskdaill.
Lord Dalkeith served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1996 to 1999. His father held the same honour when he served as a page to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
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