James Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger

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DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
1943 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Abinger
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a]
Personal details
Born
James Richard Scarlett

(1914-09-28)28 September 1914
Died23 September 2002(2002-09-23) (aged 87)
Children
  • James Scarlett, 9th Baron Abinger
  • Hon. Peter Scarlett
Parents
OccupationFarmer, politician
Military service
AllegianceBritish Army
Branch/serviceRoyal Artillery
Years of service1936–1947
RankLieutenant Colonel

DL (28 September 1914[1] – 23 September 2002[2][3]), was a British peer.[4]

Life

Scarlett was born in

Deputy Lieutenant for Essex.[6]

After the death of his father in 1943,

mixed farm near Alphamstone on the Essex/Suffolk border.[7]

Scarlett was passionate about the regulation of 'amateur archaeologists' using

Council for the Preservation of Rural England, which he held from 1972 to 1982.[3] In 1974, Scarlett co-founded the Colne Stour Countryside Association
.

Scarlett was also chairman of the

Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.[5]

Scarlett died on 23 September 2002, aged 87.[2]

Marriage

In 1957, Lord Abinger married Isla Carolyn Rivett-Carnac (1925–2011), sister of the last two Rivett-Carnac baronets.[8] They had two sons:

  • James Harry
    (born 1959), who succeeded his father on his death.
  • Hon. Peter Richard Scarlett (1961–2020)

Notes

  1. ^ Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ISBN 0312175914
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Roth, Andrew (2 November 2002). "Lord Abinger". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Lord Abinger". The Telegraph. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1995). "Abinger, Baron (Scarlett) (Baron UK 1835)". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: DeBrett's Peerage. pp. 8–9.
  5. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage. p. 20.
  6. ^ "No. 44609". The London Gazette. 7 June 1968. p. 6476.
  7. ^ "Manorial Records, Deeds, etc. of Clees Hall, Alphamstone". Essex Record Office. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ^ Hammond, Peter E., ed. (1998). The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. p. 9.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Abinger
1943–2002
Member of the House of Lords
(1943–1999) 		Succeeded by
James Scarlett
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