"Duchess of Buccleuch" Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott Letter For Sale

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"Duchess of Buccleuch" Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott Letter:
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Up for sale RARE! "Duchess of Buccleuch" Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott Hand Written 2 Page Letter.

Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, Charlotte married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch in

1829. They had seven children, including William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch; Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu;

and the Royal Navy admiral Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott. From 1841 to 1846, the

Duchess of Buccleuch served as the Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria as a member of Robert Peel's ministry. Her husband, a staunch Conservative, also served

in Peel's ministry, and the Duchess used the connection to gain patronage for

her brothers. She and the Queen remained lifelong friends, with the latter

serving as godmother to Charlotte's daughter Lady Victoria. The Duchess advised

her on Scotland, and later converted to Roman Catholicism in 1860. She engaged in philanthropic

efforts in Scotland, and died in 1895 at Ditton Park. Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne was born at the Thynne

family seat of Longleat in Wiltshire on 10 April 1811. She was the youngest daughter

and tenth child of Thomas

Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth

Byng, daughter of George Byng,

4th Viscount Torrington. Her siblings included Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess

of Bath; Elizabeth Campbell, Countess Cawdor and Louisa Lascelles,

Countess of Harewood. On 13 March 1829 Charlotte married Walter Montagu Douglas

Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch at St George's, Hanover

Square, London, becoming Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. He

had succeeded to the dukedom at the age of thirteen upon his father's death, and was five years older than his

wife. According to the contemporary journal The Lady's Realm, their "romantic" engagement

resulted when the young Duke visited her father and met Lady Charlotte. Upon

their parting, he saw tears in her eyes which prompted him to turn his coach

around and approach her father directly to ask for her hand in marriage. The

couple would produce three daughters and four sons. Among their children

were William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. In

1841, she succeeded the Duchess of Sutherland as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria.

The new prime minister, Robert Peel, personally

selected her to be a member of his newly formed ministry. The post would

later also be filled by her daughter-in-law Louisa. Her husband was a Privy Seal in

Peel's ministry from 1842 to 1846; the Duchess used the connection to help her

brothers gain patronage. The Duchess of Buccleuch and Queen Victoria

were lifelong friends, with the monarch describing the Duchess as "an

agreeable, sensible, clever little person. In 1842 at Buckingham Palace, during Queen Victoria's preparations to

visit Scotland, the Duchess helped advise her on the country. The Duke and

Duchess helped entertain the Queen and Prince Albert when

they arrived at Dalkeith. The historian Alex Tyrrell writes

that the Duchess helped "consolidate Conservative influence in the royal

household and counteract memories of the Bedchamber Crisis. The Queen stood as godmother for the

Duchess's eldest daughter Victoria Alexandrine, who was christened at

Buckingham Palace in April 1845. The Montagu-Douglas-Scotts were patrons of the

artist Robert Thorburn, and commissioned him to paint several portraits of the

Duchess, including a double portrait of her and Lady Victoria; this was given

to Queen Victoria in 1847.

The Duchess of Buccleuch resigned the post of Mistress of the Robes in

1846, and was succeeded by the Duchess of Sutherland. She

was a member of the Royal Order of Victoria

and Albert, Third Class. The Duchess's high church faith was an influence of her brother

Revd Lord John Thynne, who was

high church canon of Westminster Abbey. She and her husband built St Mary the

Virgin, an Episcopal church in Dalkeith. To the Duke's distress, she

converted to Roman Catholicism in 1860, "after struggling with her

conscience for many years over the distress it would cause her Presbyterian

husband." Soon after being married, she befriended Cecil, Marchioness of Lothian,

another prominent Roman Catholic in Scotland The two engaged in

philanthropic work in Edinburgh together and Lady Lothian helped persuade

the Duchess to come to the decision to convert. Her brother Lord Charles also

converted to Catholicism. The Duchess enjoyed gardening and landscaping, and

spent much time overseeing the gardens of Drumlanrig Castle. Her husband died in April 1884, and

she moved to Ditton Park in

Slough, Buckinghamshire. She was much affected by the death of her son

Lord Walter; The Lady's Realm wrote that the Dowager Duchess

"never recovered" from this. She died at Ditton Park on 28 March

1895, and was buried at Dalkeith Palace. She supported the religious

congregation Poor Servants of the

Mother of God until her death, and had engaged in other

fund-raising activities as well. The Duchess was portrayed by actress Diana Rigg during Series 2 of the television drama Victoria.

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