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{{Short description|Title in the Peerage of Scotland}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Baron Ripon|Baron Rippon|Earl of Ripon}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Dukedom of Queensberry ''held with'' [[Duke of Buccleuch|Dukedom of Buccleuch]]
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px|center]][[File:Arms of the Duke of Buccleuch.svg|180px]]
| caption = Arms of the Dukes of Buccleuch, who have held the title of Duke of Queensberry since 1810
| creation_date = 3 February 1684<ref name="debrett">{{Cite book|last1=Debrett|first1=John|title=The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland|date=1820|publisher=F.C. and J. Rivington|pages=635–639|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98AvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA635|access-date=21 November 2016|language=en}}</ref>
| monarch = [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]
| peerage = [[Peerage of Scotland]]
| first_holder = [[William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry|William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry]]
| present_holder = [[Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch|Richard Scott, 12th Duke]]
| heir_apparent = Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
| remainder_to = the 2nd Duke's heirs of entail, male or female, descended from the body of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
| subsidiary_titles = Marquess of Dumfriesshire Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock
| family_seat = [[Bowhill House]] [[Drumlanrig Castle]] [[Dumfries and Galloway]] [[Boughton House]] [[Dalkeith Palace]]*
| former_seat = [[Montagu House, Whitehall|Montagu House]]
| motto = '''FORWARD'''
|footnotes=<nowiki>*</nowiki>Dalkeith Palace remains in the ownership of the Dukes, but is not presently inhabited by them or their family.}}

The title '''Duke of Queensberry''' was created in the [[Peerage of Scotland]] on 3 February 1684 along with the subsidiary title '''Marquess of Dumfriesshire''' for the [[William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry|1st Marquess of Queensberry]]. The Dukedom was held along with the [[Marquess of Queensberry|Marquessate of Queensberry]] until the death of the [[William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry|4th Duke]] (and 5th Marquess) in 1810, when the Marquessate was inherited by [[Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry|Sir Charles Douglas of Kelhead, 5th Baronet]], while the Dukedom was inherited by the [[Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch|3rd Duke of Buccleuch]]. Since then the title of Duke of Queensberry has been held by the [[Duke of Buccleuch|Dukes of Buccleuch]].

[[File:Duke of Queensberry (1, 2 & 3) coa.png|thumb|right|250px|Arms of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Queensberry.]]

In 1708, the 2nd Duke was created '''Duke of Dover''' (along with the subsidiary titles '''Marquess of Beverley''' and '''Baron Ripon''') in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], but these titles became extinct upon the death of the 2nd Duke of Dover in 1778. In 1945, King [[George VI]] offered [[Winston Churchill]] the title of ''Duke of Dover'', [[Honours of Winston Churchill#Proposed dukedoms|which he declined]].

Several subsidiary titles are associated with the Dukedom of Queensberry, namely Marquess of Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682) (all in the [[Peerage of Scotland]]).

The seat of the Dukes is at [[Drumlanrig Castle]], built by the 1st Duke of Queensberry.

==Dukes of Queensberry (1684)==
: ''Other titles: Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1684)''
: ''Other titles (1st to 4th Dukes): Marquess of Queensberry (1682), Earl of Queensberry (1633), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Drumlanrig (1628), Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross (1682), Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682)''
* [[William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry]] (1637–1695) was, until February 1684, [[Marquess of Queensberry]]
* [[James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry]], 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711), eldest son of the 1st Duke
: ''Other titles: Duke of Dover, Marquess of Beverley and Baron Ripon (1708)''
** William Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig (1696), eldest son of the 2nd Duke, died in infancy
** [[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]] (1697–1715), second son of the 2nd Duke, was an imbecile and was excluded from the succession to the dukedom only by a [[charter of novodamus]] and then died without issue
: ''Other titles (3rd Duke): Earl of Solway, Viscount Tibbers and Lord Douglas of Lockerby, Dalveen and Thornhill (1706)''
[[File:Tomb of Mary, wife of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry.JPG|thumb|200px|Memorial to [[James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry]], and Mary, his wife at [[Durisdeer]].]]
* [[Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry]], 2nd Duke of Dover (1698–1778), third son of the 2nd Duke, succeeded his father due to special remainder and died without issue
** [[Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig]] (1722–1754), elder son of the 3rd Duke, died without issue
** Charles Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig (1726–1756), younger son of the 3rd Duke, died without issue
: ''Other titles (4th Duke): Earl of Ruglen (1697), Earl of March (1697), Viscount of Riccartoun (1697), Viscount of Peebles (1697), Lord Hillhouse (1697), Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard (1697) and Baron Douglas, of Amesbury in the county of Wiltshire (GB, 1786)''
* [[William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry]] (1724–1810), great-grandson of the 1st Duke via the [[Earl of March|Earls of March]]
: ''Other titles (5th Duke onwards): [[Duke of Buccleuch]] (1663), Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Doncaster, in the county of York (En 1663, restored 1743), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606), Baron Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619), Baron Scott of Tindall, in the county of Northumberland (En 1663, restored 1743) and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdale (1663)''
* [[Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch]], 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746–1812), great-grandson of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry
** George Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1768), eldest son of the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, died in infancy
* [[Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch|Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch]], 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772–1819), second son of the 3rd Duke
** George Henry Scott, Lord Scott of Whitchester (1798–1808), eldest son of the 4th Duke, died young
* [[Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch]], 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806–1884), second son of the 4th Duke
* [[William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch|William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch]], 8th Duke of Queensberry (1831–1914), eldest son of the 5th Duke
** Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1861–1886), eldest son of the 6th Duke, died unmarried
* [[John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch|John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch]], 9th Duke of Queensberry (1864–1935), second son of the 6th Duke
* [[Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch]], 10th Duke of Queensberry (1894–1973), eldest son of the 7th Duke
* [[John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch]], 11th Duke of Queensberry (1923–2007), only son of the 8th Duke
* [[Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch|Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch]], 12th Duke of Queensberry (born 1954), eldest son of the 9th Duke

==Family Tree==
{{Dukes of Queensbury family tree}}

==Coat of arms==
{{Infobox coat of arms wide
| name = Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry
| image = Arms of the Duke of Buccleuch.svg
| year_adopted = 1935
| coronet = [[Coronet#British coronet rankings|A coronet of a Duke]]
| crest = A Stag trippant proper armed and attired Or
| escutcheon = ''Quarterly: 1st grandquarter for the Earldom of Doncaster: the arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister Argent; 2nd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Argyll: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2nd and 3rd: Argent a Lymphad sails furled Sable flags and pennons flying Gules and oars in action of the second (Lorne); 3rd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Queensberry: quarterly, 1st and 4th: Argent a Heart Gules crowned with an Imperial Crown Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the field (Douglas); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a Bend between six Cross Crosslets fitchée Or (Mar); the whole of this grandquarter within a Bordure Or charged with a double Tressure flory-counter-flory Gules; 4th grandquarter for the Dukedom of Montagu: quarterly, 1st: Argent three Fusils conjoined in fess Gules a Bordure Sable (Montagu); 2nd: Or an Eagle displayed Vert beaked and membered Gules (Monthermer); 3rd: Sable a Lion rampant Argent on a Canton of the last a Cross Gules (Churchill); 4th: Argent a Chevron Gules between three Caps of Maintenance their fronts turned to the sinister Azure furred Ermine (Brudenell); over the grandquarters at the fess point an Inescutcheon Or on a Bend Azure a Mullet of six points between two Crescents of the field (Scott).''
| supporters = On either side a Female Figure proper habited from the waist downwards in a Kirtle Azure gathered up at the knees the arms and bosom uncovered around the shoulders a Flowing Mantle as before suspended by the exterior hand girdle and sandals Gules and her head adorned with a Plume of three Ostrich Feathers Argent
| motto = ''Amo'' ("I Love")
}}

==See also==
* [[Marquess of Queensberry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Extant British dukedoms}}

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[[Category:Dukedoms in the Peerage of Scotland]]
[[Category:1684 establishments in Scotland]]
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[[Category:Dukes of Queensberry]]

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