Lord Henry Scott
Scottish cricketer and British Army officer (1868-1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lord Henry Francis Montagu-Douglas Scott (15 January 1868 – 19 April 1945) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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Full name | Lord Henry Francis Montagu-Douglas Scott | ||||||||||||||
Born | 28 June 1871 Bowhill, Selkirkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 April 1945(1945-04-19) (aged 77) Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Lord George Scott (brother) Earl of Dalkeith (brother) Charles Montagu-Scott (grandfather) David Brand (nephew) Lord George Hamilton (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2019 |
The fourth son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and his wife, Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, he was born in January 1868 at Bowhill, Selkirkshire.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] Scott made a single appearance in first-class cricket for H. Philipson's XI against Oxford University at Oxford in 1891.[3] Batting twice in the match, he ended the H. Philipson's XI first-innings unbeaten on 23, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by George Berkeley.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the part-time 3rd (Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia) Battalion, Royal Scots, a regiment that had been raised by the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and also commanded by the 5th Duke.[5] He was promoted to lieutenant in May 1888,[6] and to captain in October 1890.[7] He served with the battalion in the Second Boer War,[1] during which he was promoted to the rank of major.[8][9] He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in June 1905.[10] and became commanding officer of the battalion in November of the same year.[11] After retirement from the command in 1912 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots, as the battalion had become in the Special Reserve.[1][9]
Scott saw service again in the First World War, during which he was mentioned in dispatches five times.[8] Upon the outbreak of the war, he was appointed to command the 1st Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in September 1914.[12] After his battalion was disbanded he transferred to a service battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment.[13] Towards the end of the war, he was transferred to the Labour Corps.[14] Scott relinquished his commission following the conclusion of the war and was granted the full rank of colonel.[15]
Scott founded the Royal Scots Club Edinburgh in 1921 as a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Royal Scots, making membership of the club open to all ranks.[16] He had been appointed to the ceremonial rank of brigadier in the Royal Company of Archers in June 1915.[17] In later life he served as the deputy-governor of the Bank of Scotland and as a justice of the peace for Dumfries-shire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.[1] He died at Melrose in April 1945, unmarried.[8][1]