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Lord George Scott

OBE, DL
Lord George Scott; OBE, DL
Born	31 August 1866; Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died	23 February 1947 (aged 80); Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	10th Hussars
Commands	2/1st Lothians and Border Horse
Wars	Second Boer War; World War I
Awards	OBE
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Manners (m. 1903; died 1924)
Children	5
Cricket information
Domestic team information
	Oxford University
	Middlesex County Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord George William Montagu Douglas Scott, OBE, DL (31 August 1866 – 23 February 1947) was a Scottish cricketer and soldier who was the third son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch.

Early life

He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He played first-class cricket for various teams including Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Oxford University from 1884 to 1905. He represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.^[2] He was also Master of the Buccleuch Hunt.^[3]

Scott was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 10th Hussars on 27 March 1889, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 11 June 1890, and to captain on 25 June 1897.^[4] He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, where he was wounded,^[5] and left the regular army in August 1902 after his return to the United Kingdom.^[6] He later commanded the 2/1st Lothians and Border Horse, a Yeomanry (later Territorial Army) regiment, through World War I until January 1919 when he retired.^[7]

In 1903, Scott married Lady Elizabeth Manners (died 1924), the youngest daughter of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland and, his second wife, Janetta Manners, Duchess of Rutland. Together they had two sons and three daughters, including:^[7]

Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott (1904–1978), who married Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere, son of Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere and Lady Florence Anne Cole (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Enniskillen, in 1924.^[1]
Jeanetta Ruth Montagu Douglas Scott (1906–1997), who married Maj. James Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray, 21st of Abercairny, son of Capt. William Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray, 20th of Abercairny, and Hon. Gwendolen Edwardes (a daughter of the 4th Baron Kensington), in 1937.^[1]
Marjorie Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott (1906–1994), who married Maj. Thomas Archibald Hacket-Pain, son of Brig.-Gen. Sir William Hacket-Pain, in 1935. After he was killed in action during World War II, she married Adam Bell, son of Frank Bell, in 1943.^[1]
John Henry Montagu Douglas Scott (1911–1991), a Lt.-Col. in the 9th Lancers who married Anne Peace Arabella Mackintosh, daughter of Capt. Angus Alexander Mackintosh of Mackintosh, and Lady Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish (eldest daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire), in 1954.^[1]
Claud Everard Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (1915–1994), a Lt.-Col. in the Lothians and Border Horse who married Margaret Frances Philips, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Lewis Francis Philips, in 1941.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3450.
^ ^a ^b Lord George Scott at CricketArchive
^ Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alice (1983). Memoirs (Hardcover ed.). London: Harper Collins. p. 48.
^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
^ "The War - The Portland Hospital". The Times. No. 36100. London. 27 March 1900. p. 7.
^ "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 26 August 1902. p. 5534.
^ ^a ^b SCOTT, Lord George (William Montagu-Douglas-), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
^ "No. 31377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 6990.
^ "No. 32933". The London Gazette. 6 May 1924. p. 3635.