Walter Scott of Buccleuch

Walter Scott of Buccleuch is the name of several successive Lords of Buccleuch in the Scottish border country:

  • Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (murdered 1552)
  • Sir Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch, the "Bold Buccleuch" (1565 – 1611)

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    What is our life? a play of passion;
    Our mirth the music of division;
    Our mothers’ wombs the tiring-houses be
    Where we are dressed for this short comedy.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)