Sir David Scott, 1st Baron of Bucceleuch

Name: David Scott Suffix: Sir Sex: M David Scott of Buccleugh.

David Scott hailed from Branxholm and was the ancestor of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. He was M. P. at Edinburgh in 1487. Birth: BEF 1440 Death: MAR 1491/92 _SDATE: 15 MAR 1491

Burial: Holy Cross Church, Peebles, Scotland

Family

Sir David Scott, 1st of Buccleuch was the son of Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm.
He died in March 1491/92.1 He was created Baron of Buccleuch [Scottish Barony] on 21 May 1488 He lived at Branxholm, Scotland.

Wife seen as … Somerville “but no evidence is forthcoming.” TSP

Children of Sir David Scott, 1st of Buccleuch

1. Janet Scott+1
2. David Scott of Buccleuch, younger+ d. b 1491
3. Margaret Scott+2

   ---

   
   

Sir of Branxholme, 7th Laird of Bucceleuch Scott

Sir David, son and heir of Sir Walter Scott was concerned in most of the public transections in the reign of James III. He was instrumental in suppressing insurrections on the Borders, and was a conservator of peace with England. He sat in Parliament 1431 as David Scott of Kirkurd, and in the Parliament of 1487, being then styled “Dominus de Bucluche”. For his services at the battle of Blackness he received Branxholm, Eckford and others into the barony of Branxholm 1488. He died March 1492, and was buried in the church of the Holy Cross at Peebles. (Walter Scott Cameron)

Sources

1. Cockburn-Hood, Thomas H. The house of Cockburn of that ilk and the cadets thereof :  with historical anecdotes of the times in which many of the name played a conspicuous part. Edinburgh. Printed by Scott and Ferguson. 1888. Page 174.
2. [S464] thePeerage, Daryl Lundy, (Nagaio, Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm). Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1718.
3. [S464] thePeerage, Daryl Lundy, (Nagaio, Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm). Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 560.
4. [S110] Leo's Genealogics Website, Leonardus Franciscus Maria van de Pas, (Perth, Australia: www.genealogics.org,). The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald, Reference: Q 117073
5. [S509] Haig of Bemersyde, John Russell, (Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881), page 437 (Reliability: 4).
6. https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/96715...

• http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I765...
• https://sites.google.com/site/fivegateways/alphabetical-index-s/scott
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2033.htm#i20322 cites
• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 560. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.