Walter Scott, 4th Baron of Buccleuch

[1] On 24 March 1566, Queen Mary appointed him captain of Newark Castle, Selkirkshire, whereupon he supported her with a force of over 3,000 men.

[2] In January 1570 (in reliance upon the distraction likely to be caused by the assassination of the Regent Moray, of which he had advance knowledge), he engaged in depredations on the English side of the Border.

[2] In 1569 his sister Jean married the widower Sir Thomas Kerr bridging the feud between the families.

[1] He was a principal leader of the raid to Stirling on 4 September 1571, when an attempt was made to seize the Regent Lennox, who was slain by one of the Hamiltons during the mêlée.

[3] Scott was made Keeper and Captain of the royal Newark Castle, and Baillie and Chamberlain of Ettrick Forest in December 1573.