In the French Revolutionary Wars he raised and commanded a Volunteer unit, the 2nd Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, from 1797 until the Scottish Militia was authorised by Parliament in 1798. He was then instructed to raise the 10th North British Militia to which (as lord-lieutenant) he appointed himself colonel. He commanded the regiment and its successor the Edinburgh (County and City) Militia, and occasionally the Scottish Militia Brigade, until his resignation in 1811. Death Buccleuch died at Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland, on 11 January 1812, aged 65. He was buried in the family crypt of the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. The church is located on High Street in Dalkeith, at the entrance to Dalkeith Country Park. Titles, honours and awards 31 January 174831 March 1750: Lord Eskdaill 1 April 175021 April 1751: Earl of Dalkeith 22 April 175122 December 1810: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch 1778–1812: Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers 1767: Appointed Knight of the Thistle (KT) 1794: Appointed Knight of the Garter (KG) (resigning as Knight of the Thistle) 1802: Inherited the Lordship of Bowland from his wife's brother-in-law, 1st Earl Beaulieu 23 December 181011 January 1812: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and of Queensberry References |- 105 203 Knights of the Garter Knights of the Thistle Lord-Lieutenants of Midlothian Lord-Lieutenants of Roxburghshire Edinburgh Militia officers Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1746 births 1812 deaths People educated at Eton College H Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Members of the Royal Company of Archers 18th-century Scottish landowners Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire 19th-century Scottish landowners