James Yorke Macgregor Scarlett, 4th Baron Abinger (13 March 1871, London

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 – 11 December 1903, Paris

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), was a British peer.

Scarlett was the son of William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger

William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger

Lieutenant-General William Frederick Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger CB , was a British peer.Scarlett succeeded his father Robert Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger, in 1861. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, the 3rd Baron became an officer of the Scots Fusilier Guards regiment of the...

 and Helen Magruder. His sister was Evelina Haverfield

Evelina Haverfield

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. He succeeded his father to the title in 1892, and died unmarried without male heirs. The title of Baron Abinger then went to his second cousin Shelley Scarlett

Shelley Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger

Commander Shelley Leopold Laurence Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger , was a British peer.Scarlett was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett, and a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Abinger. He succeeded his second cousin in 1903, and was a Commander in the Royal Naval...

, who descended from the 3rd son of the 1st Baron

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger was an English lawyer, politician and judge.-Background and education:...

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James Yorke Macgregor Scarlett was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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. He was a Captain in the 3rd Battery Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, serving in the South African War from 1898 to 1900. Address: 46 Cornwall Gardens, SW; Inverlochy Castle

Inverlochy Castle

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 (today Inverlochy Castle Hotel

Inverlochy Castle Hotel

Inverlochy Castle Hotel is a 19th-century baronial mansion near Fort William, Scotland. It is located about two miles away from the 13th century Inverlochy Castle, after which it was named. This is a baronial mansion was built in 1863 by James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger...

), Invernessshire; Club: Carlton

Carlton Club

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He owned 41000 acres (165.9 km²).