Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch information
Nobleman of the Scottish Borders
For other people named Walter Scott, see Walter Scott (disambiguation).
Arms of Scott of Buccleuch: Or, on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the first
Sir Walter Scott, 1st of Branxholme, 3rd of Buccleuch (c. 1495 – killed 4 October 1552), known as "Wicked Wat",[1] was a nobleman of the Scottish Borders and the chief of Clan Scott who briefly served as Warden of the Middle March He was an "inveterate English hater"[2] active in the wars known as The Rough Wooing and a noted Border reiver. He was killed on Edinburgh High Street in a feud with Clan Kerr in 1552.[3] His great-grandson was Sir Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch, the "Bold Buccleuch" (1565–1611), a border reiver famed for his role in the rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong.[4]
^Paul 1905, pp. 228
^MacDonald Fraser, p. 92
^Way, George and Squire, Romily, Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia (1994), pp. 314–5.
^Fraser 1972, p. 52, names the Bold Buccleuch as Scott's grandson, but he was the grandson of Scott's son William of Kinkurd who died a few months before his father; see Paul, pp. 231–232.
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