Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott

Lady Margaret Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott (10 October 1846 – 5 February 1918), also known as Lady Margaret Scott, was a Scottish aristocrat and traveller. She married Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel.

Early life
Lady Margaret Scott as a bridesmaid in the painting The Marriage of Princess Helena by Christian Karl Magnussen

Lady Margaret Scott was born at Dalkeith Palace in 1846, the second daughter of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, an eminent peer and politician, and his wife, Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Bath and Hon. Isabella Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington.[1]

The details of her life before marriage are relatively unknown. She is known however, to have been a bridesmaid at the wedding of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein in July, 1866.[2][3]

Marriage and children

On 9 December 1875 she married Donald Cameron of Lochiel, a diplomat, politician, courtier and the 24th Chief of Clan Cameron. Upon her marriage to Lochiel she became Lady Cameron of Lochiel[4] and resided at his seat of Achnacarry Castle in the Scottish Highlands. The couple had four sons:

  • Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel (4 November 1876 – 11 October 1951), who succeeded as the 25th chief
  • Ewen Charles Cameron (18 February 1878 – 21 March 1958)
  • Alan George Cameron (27 July 1880 – 26 September 1914)
  • Archibald Cameron (5 January 1886 – 3 May 1917)

Two of her sons were killed during the First World War.

Death

Lady Margaret, a widow from 1905 died on 5 February 1918 of Spanish flu.

Lady Margaret is the subject of Sarah, Duchess of York's historical-fiction romance novel Her Heart for a Compass.[5][6] Sarah is the great-great-niece of Lady Margaret through her nephew Lord Herbert Scott.[7]

References
  1. Cokayne, G.E; Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H.A; White, Geoffrey H.; Duncan, Warrand; de Walden, Lord Howard (1910). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (New ed.). Alan Sutton. p. 372.
  2. "Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson review – Mills & Boon debut is chaste good fun". the Guardian. 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. "Volume 1 - Scotts of Buccleuch - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  4. "The Court of the Lord Lyon - Homepage". web.archive.org. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  5. "What the critics are saying about Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York's Mills & Boon novel". The Independent. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  6. "Sarah, Duchess of York to launch new career as Mills & Boon romance novelist". Tatler. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  7. "Sarah Ferguson In Talks to Turn Her Debut Novel Into A Bridgerton-Style Series". Town & Country. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.