Brief Life History of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas
When William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott was born on 9 September 1831, in London, England, his father, Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, was 24 and his mother, Charlotte Anne Thynne, was 20. He married Louisa Jane Hamilton on 22 November 1859. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in North Mundham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 5 November 1914, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- William H W M D Scott, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- William Henry Walter Duke Of Buccleuch Montagu Douglas Scott, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- William Henry Walter Montague Douglas Scott Earl Of Dalkeith, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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