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In 1706 Queen Anne created Scott Earl of Deloraine. 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
File:Portrait of the ladies Georgiana and Henrietta Scott, daughters of Lord Henry Scott, Earl of Deloraine (by James Worsdale).jpg, Portrait of the ladies Georgiana (1727–1807) and Henrietta (b. 1728) Scott by James Worsdale, 1733-1734
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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 ofJames Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlan ...
(the illegitimate
Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, ''illegitimacy'', also known as '' ...
son of King Charles II by his mistress Lucy Walter) by his wife Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, daughter of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch (21 December 1626 – 22 November 1651) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch and his wife, Lady Mary Hay, daughter of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll. Upon the death of hi ...
. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe (d. 1720), a daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge ...
. 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.
In 1706 Queen Anne created Scott Earl of Deloraine. 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
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. In 1727 he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber
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.
In 1726, Deloraine married Mary Howard, Countess of Deloraine, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard, and they had two daughters:
*Lady Georgiana Caroline (1727–1809), married James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey.
*Lady Henrietta (b. 1728–?), married Nicolas Boyce.
Lord Deloraine died suddenly on Christmas Day
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in 1730 in Leadwell (now Ledwell), Oxfordshire, and is buried at Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire
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. His second wife, who had been a royal mistress, remarried and she is buried at Windsor.
References
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