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, name = Henry Scott
, title = 1st Earl of Deloraine
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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest ill ...
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Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Anna Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (11 February 1651 – 6 February 1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family's titles. She was ma ...
Oxfordshire
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Sandford St. Martin
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Ge ...
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Oxfordshire
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Major-General Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine KB (1676 – 25 December 1730) was a Scottish military officer and peer.
Life
Scott was the second surviving son of
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest ill ...
(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 ''b ...
Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son heir to the throne, ...
) by his wife
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Anna Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (11 February 1651 – 6 February 1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family's titles. She was ma ...
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 him 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
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior British Armed Forces, military officers or senior Civil Service ...
. In 1727 he was appointed a
Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the Royal Household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Lord of the Bedchamber was a courtier in the Royal Households of the United Kingdo ...
.
In 1726, Deloraine married Mary Howard, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard, and the great-granddaughter of
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626.
Life
Howard was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, ...
, both of the
Howard family
The Howard family is an English noble family
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has of ...
, and they had two daughters:
*Lady Georgiana Caroline Scott (1727–1809), married
James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey
James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (8 March 1723 – 1 February 1808), known as Sir James Peachey, 4th Baronet between 1765 and 1794, was a British politician and courtier.
Peachey was a younger son of Sir John Peachey, 2nd Baronet. In 1765 he suc ...
.
*Lady Henrietta Scott (b. 1728–?), married Nicolas Boyce.
On 9 July 1730, Deloraine was commissioned as a
colonel
Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
in the
6th Dragoon Guards
The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1685 as the Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as His Majesty's 1st Regiment of Carabiniers in 1740, the 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carab ...
, the King's Carabiners (c. 1691), and his
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
was recorded as follows: ''"ARMS. Or, on a bend Azure, a star between two crescents of the field. CREST. A stag trippant, proper. SUPPORTERS. Two maidens richly attired in antique habits, their under robe Vert, the middle one Azure, and the uppermost Gules, and each plumed on her head with feathers. MOTTO. 'Amo'."''{{cite journal , last1=Sumner , first1=Percy , title=Arms and Crests of the Colonels of Regiments to the Year 1746 , journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research , date=Autumn–Winter 1934 , volume=13 , issue=51 , pages=141–144 , jstor=44226100 , url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44226100 , access-date=20 January 2024
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
Sandford St Martin is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Oxfordshire about east of Chipping Norton and about south of Banbury. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 209.
Ge ...
,
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...
{{Infobox COA wide
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, coronet = A
Coronet
In British heraldry, a coronet is a type of crown that is a mark of rank of non-reigning members of the royal family and peers. In other languages, this distinction is not made, and usually the same word for ''crown'' is used irrespective of ra ...
of an
Earl
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...
, crest = A stag trippant, proper.
, escutcheon = Or, on a bend Azure, a star between two crescents of the field.
, supporters = Two maidens richly attired in antique habits, their under robe Vert, the middle one Azure, and the uppermost Gules, and each plumed on her head with feathers.
, motto =''Amo'' ("love")
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2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
The Horse Grenadier Guards, usually referred to as Horse Grenadiers, were a series of cavalry troops in the British Household Cavalry between 1687 and 1788, who used grenades and other explosives in battle. Originally attached to the Horse Gu ...
Earl of Deloraine
Earl of Deloraine was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1706 for Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Lord Henry Scott, second surviving son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (illegitimate son of Charles II of England, King Ch ...