Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch, 1st Baron Scott of Buccleuch (1565 – 15 December 1611) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 nobleman and famous border reiver

Border Reivers

Border Reivers were raiders along the Anglo–Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Their ranks consisted of both Scottish and English families, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality...

, known as the “Bold Buccleuch” and leader of Kinmont Willie’s Raid

Kinmont Willie Armstrong

William Armstrong of Kinmont or Kinmont Willie was a border reiver and outlaw active in the Anglo-Scottish Border country in the last decades of the 16th century....

. Scott was the son of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch (himself grandson of Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch

Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch

Sir Walter Scott, 1st of Branxholme, 3rd of Buccleuch , known as "Wicked Wat", 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" active in the wars known as The Rough Wooing and a noted Border...

) and Margaret Douglas.
Scott married (contract dated 1 October 1586) Mary, daughter of Sir William Kerr of Cessford

Cessford Castle

Cessford Castle is a ruined L-plan castle lying equidistant between the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, and the Burghs of Kelso and Kirk Yetholm, in the historic county of Roxburghshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders...

 and Janet Douglas. They had four children:

1. Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch
   Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch
   Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch, 2nd Baron Scott of Buccleuch was a Scottish nobleman.The son of Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch and Mary Kerr, he married Lady Mary Hay, daughter of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and Elizabeth Douglas, around 15 October 1616, with a tocher of 20,000...
   
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