Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine

Henry Scott
Henry Scott
1st Earl of Deloraine
	Mezzotint by William Faithorne
Successor	Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Deloraine (1710–1739)
Born	1676
Died	25 December 1730 (age 54); Ledwell, Oxfordshire
Buried	Sandford St. Martin, Oxfordshire
Spouse(s)	Anne Duncombe (1683–1720); Mary Howard (1726–1730)
Issue	5 children
Father	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Mother	Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

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 (the illegitimate 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. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe (d. 1720), a 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.

In 1706, Queen Anne created him 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 Mary Howard, the granddaughter of Col. Philip Howard, and the great-granddaughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, both of the Howard family, and they had two daughters:^[1]

Lady Georgiana Caroline Scott (1727–1809), married James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey.
Lady Henrietta Scott (b. 1728–?), married Nicolas Boyce.

On 9 July 1730, Deloraine was commissioned as a colonel in the 6th Dragoon Guards, the King's Carabiners (c. 1691), and his coat of arms 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'."^[4]

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 of King George II,^[5] remarried, and she is buried at Windsor.^[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine
	Coronet A Coronet of an Earl 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")

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Scott, Henry (1676-1730)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "No. 6376". The London Gazette. 25 May 1725. p. 1.
^ "No. 6601". The London Gazette. 22 July 1727. p. 8.
^ Sumner, Percy (Autumn–Winter 1934). "Arms and Crests of the Colonels of Regiments to the Year 1746". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 13 (51): 141–144. JSTOR 44226100. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ White, Barbara (2004). "Scott [née Howard; other married name Wyndham], Mary, countess of Deloraine (bap. 1703, d. 1744), courtier and royal mistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68126. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Military offices
Preceded by The Earl Marischal	Captain and Colonel of the 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 1715–17	Succeeded by The Lord Forrester
Preceded by Col. John Cholmley (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 1706–1730	Succeeded by Francis Scott

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[odnb-1] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Scott, Henry (1676-1730)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 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.

[Sumner-4] Sumner, Percy (Autumn–Winter 1934). "Arms and Crests of the Colonels of Regiments to the Year 1746". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 13 (51): 141–144. JSTOR 44226100. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[5] White, Barbara (2004). "Scott [née Howard; other married name Wyndham], Mary, countess of Deloraine (bap. 1703, d. 1744), courtier and royal mistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68126. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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