Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (17 January 1861 – 18 September 1886) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and nobleman. The son of the nobleman and politician William Montagu Douglas Scott and his wife, Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, he was born at Westminster in January 1861. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on three occasions, playing twice against Oxford University in 1881 and 1882 at Oxford and once against Yorkshire at Lord's in 1885. He had little success in these matches, scoring 9 runs with a high score of 7. His father became the 6th Duke of Buccleuch in 1884, at which point he succeeded his father as Earl of Dalkeith. He unsuccessfully contested the Dumfrie