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Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch

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24: 174: 73:, who was at that time fourteen. He was created Earl of Tarras a year later. Her mother arranged the marriage without proclamation, with a warrant from the presbytery of Kirkcaldy. It created a lot of disapproval and the court ruled that the couple should be separated until Mary reached the age of twelve. During their separation, they continued a very affectionate correspondence. However, she fell ill and died two years after their reunion, aged thirteen, in 1661, and her titles passed to her sister, 69:
countess of Buccleuch. She immediately became one of the most desirable matches in the kingdom. On 9 February 1659, aged only eleven years old, she married
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Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch and Countess of Tarras
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An illustration of Mary from William Fraser's The Scotts of Buccleuch (1878)

Scottish peer
Dalkeith Castle
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes
suo jure
Walter Scott of Highchester
Anne
"Lady Mary Scott, Countess of Buccleuch. 1647-1661"
The Great Historic Families of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
Francis Scott
Countess of Buccleuch
Anne Scott
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earl
Peerage of Scotland
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expanding it
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Categories
1647 births
1661 deaths
Nobility from Midlothian
Earls of Buccleuch
Hereditary women peers
Clan Scott

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