(1746 - 1812), 1st surv. s. of Francis, E. of Dalkeith [S]; suc. gd.-fa. 1751 as 3rd D. of Buccleuch [S]; educ. Eton; Dilettanti 1767; m. 1767 Ldy. Elizabeth Montagu, dau. of 1st D. of Montagu; KT 1767; KG 1794; suc. cos. 1810 as 5th D. of Queensberry [S].
1787 Naples (by 18 Jan.), Rome (Apr.), Venice (22 Apr.), Vicenza
The 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and his Duchess were in Italy with two of their daughters (they had four: Mary, 1769 - 1823, m. 1791 3rd E. of Courtown; Elizabeth, 1770 - 1837, m. 1798 10th E. of Home; Caroline, 1774 - 1854, m. 1803 6th M. of Queensberry, and Harriet, 1780 - 1833, m. 1806 6th M. of Lothian). They were in Naples on 18 January 1787,1 and in Rome for Holy Week.2 On 22 April they arrived in Venice,3 and were entertained in Vicenza where, on 30 May, James Smith discovered 'a splendid memorial, just erected, of the Duke of Buccleuch's having lately been entertained there'.4
1. World Fashionable Advertiser, 5 Feb. 1787. 2. J.E. Smith, Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, 2:267. 3. ASV IS 760. 4. Smith (at n2), 3:12.