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.
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:
In 1706, Queen Anne
had created Scott Earl of Deloraine and 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
.
In 1726, Deloraine married Mary Howard, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard
, and they had two daughters:
Lord Deloraine died suddenly on Christmas Day in 1730 and was buried at Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire
.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1676 – 25 December 1730) was a Scottish
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
peer and army officer.
Scott was the second surviving son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC , was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter...
(the illegitimate son of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
and Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter or Lucy Barlow was a mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. She is believed to have been born in 1630 or a little later at Roch Castle near Haverfordwest, Wales into a family of middling gentry...
) and his wife, Anne
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch was a wealthy Scottish peeress.Anne was the daughter of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch. In 1661, she succeeded to her sister's titles of 4th Countess of Buccleuch, 5th Baroness Scott of Buccleuch and 5th Baroness Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill...
. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe (d. 1720), the daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
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. They had three surviving children:
- Francis, styled Viscount Hermitage, later 2nd Earl of Deloraine (1710–1739)
- Henry, later 3rd Earl of Deloraine (1712–1740)
- Lady Anne Scott (c.1720-?), died unmarried.
In 1706, Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
had created Scott Earl of Deloraine and he was elected to the last Scottish Parliament that year and voted in favour of the Acts of Union
Acts of Union 1707
The Acts of Union were two Parliamentary Acts - the Union with Scotland Act passed in 1706 by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland - which put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706,...
. In 1725, he was vested with the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
.
In 1726, Deloraine married Mary Howard, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard
Philip Howard (1629-1717)
Colonel Philip Howard was a British soldier and politician, the seventh son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire....
, and they had two daughters:
- Lady Georgiana Caroline (1727–1809), married James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey.
- Lady Henrietta (b. 1728-?), died unmarried.
Lord Deloraine died suddenly on Christmas Day in 1730 and was buried at Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
.