Patricia Maxwell-Scott (3 April 1921 – 13 October 1998) was the Laird and Chatelaine of Abbotsford which she opened to the public, restored to its former glory, and ran for nearly five decades. She was "Borders Man of the Year" in 1983, and the great-great-great-granddaughter of the novelist

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

. Her younger sister was Dame

Jean Maxwell-Scott Dame Jean Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, DCVO (8 June 1923 – 5 May 2004) was the Laird and Chatelaine of Abbotsford which she and her elder sister, Patricia Maxwell-Scott, opened to the public, restored to its former glory, and ran for nearly five ...

DCVO, who never married.

Early life

Patricia Maxwell-Scott was born on 3 April 1921 in

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, Dublin, the granddaughter of

Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott The Hon. Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott (2 October 1852 – 15 March 1920) was a Scottish author of historical novels and non-fiction and the great-granddaughter of the novelist Walter Scott. She was born in Tunbridge Wells in Kent as Mary Monica ...

and the elder daughter of Major-General

Sir Walter Constable-Maxwell-Scott, 1st Baronet Major-General Sir Walter Joseph Constable-Maxwell-Scott, 1st Baronet (10 April 1875 – 3 April 1954) was a senior British Army officer. Military career Educated at Stonyhurst College,Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Kni ...

, and his first wife, Mairi, daughter of Lt-Col Stewart of Lunga. Her mother died when she was three. When she was seven, her father married Marie-Louise, Madame des Sincay, daughter of Major John Logan of the US Cavalry. She and her sister were both educated at the Convent Des Oiseaux,

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, Kent.

Career

She inherited Abbotsford, near

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upon her father's death in 1954, and ran the house as a visitor attraction for the rest of her life.

Personal life

In 1944, she married Sir (Harold Hugh) Christian Boulton, 4th Baronet, although they had no children and later separated. She retained her maiden name.

References

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