Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine

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Major-General Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine KB (1676 – 25 December 1730) was a Scottish peer and army officer.

Life[]

Scott was the second surviving son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter), and his wife, Anne. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe (d. 1720), the daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. They had three surviving children:

  • Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Deloraine (1710–39)
  • Henry Scott, 3rd Earl of Deloraine (1712–40)
  • Lady Anne Scott (c.1720–?), died unmarried.
Tomb of the 1st Earl and Countess of Deloraine at Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire

In 1706 Queen Anne created Scott Earl of Deloraine.[1] He was elected to the last Scottish Parliament that year and voted in favour of the Acts of Union. In 1725 he was vested with the Order of the Bath.[2] In 1727 he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber.[3]

In 1726, Deloraine married , Countess of Deloraine, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard, and they had two daughters:[1]

Lord Deloraine died suddenly on Christmas Day in 1730 in Leadwell (now Ledwell), Oxfordshire, and is buried at Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire. His second wife, who had been a royal mistress,[4] remarried and she is buried at Windsor.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Scott, Henry (1676-1730)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ "No. 6376". The London Gazette. 25 May 1725. p. 1.
  3. ^ "No. 6601". The London Gazette. 22 July 1727. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Scott [née Howard; other married name Wyndham], Mary, countess of Deloraine (bap. 1703, d. 1744), courtier and royal mistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68126. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by
The Earl Marischal 		Captain and Colonel of the
2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
1715–17 		Succeeded by
Preceded by

(as John Cholmeley's
Regiment of Foot) 		Colonel of The Earl of Deloraine's
Regiment of Foot
1724–30 		Succeeded by
Lt-Gen Roger Handasyde
(as Roger Handasyde's
Regiment of Foot)
Preceded by
Lt-Gen George MacCartney 		Colonel of the 7th Regiment of Horse
1730 		Succeeded by
Sir Robert Rich, Bt
Peerage of Scotland
New creation Earl of Deloraine
1706–30 		Succeeded by


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