the simple silver seal mounted in silver with reeded suspension loop, the rectangular carnelian matrix with arms of Scott with Marquis coronet above

(Length: 25mm, matrix; 14mm x 20mm)

Heraldry: The Arms of Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry Arms: Or on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the field The arms appear to be ensigned with a coronet of a marquess/marquis in error whereas it should be the coronet of a Duke. Supporters: Two female figures habited from the waist downwards in blue kirtles gathered up at the knees the arms and bosoms uncovered around the shoulders flowing mantles vert suspended by the exterior hand girdles and sandals gules and their heads adorned with a plume of three ostrich feathers argent Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (born 25th November 1806 died 16th April 1884). Walter was the fifth child of seven, and second son of Charles Montagu-Scott, the 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry and his wife, The Honourable Harriet Katherine Townshend, the youngest daughter of Thomas Townshend, the 1st Viscount Sydney and his wife, Elizabeth Powys. Walter when Earl of Dalkeith, he succeeded his father as to the Dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry on the 20th April 1819 when aged thirteen. He married Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, the youngest daughter of Thomas Thynne, the 2nd Marquess of Bath and his wife, The Honourable Isabella Elizabeth Byng, the daughter of George Byng, the 4th Viscount Torrington and his wife, Lady Lucy Boyle at the Parish Church of St George, Hanover Square, Westminster in the County of Middlesex on the 13th August 1829. He was educated at Eton College and at St John’s College, Cambridge. In the House of Lords, the duke sat on the Conservative benches and was appointed as a Member of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in 1842. He served as the Lord Privy Seal from 1842 to 1846 and as the Lord President of the Council from January to July 1846 in Sir Robert Peel’s administration. The duke was appointed the Colonel of the Edinburgh Militia on the 6th January 1842 and he was further appointed an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria for the militia on the 19th March 1857. He was appointed as a Knight of the Garter in 1835. Walter had also been elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society in June 1883 and became the Chancellor of the University of Glasgow in 1878, an office which he held until his death in 1884. As an aside, the Duke also enjoyed playing cricket so much, that he played in at least two first-class cricket matches for Marylebone Cricket Club.