Hugh Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger

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Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger, DSO (born 1878, died 1943) was another son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett.

The 7th Baron was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery, and he fought in the Boer War in South Africa from 1900-1902. He served in World War I from 1914-1918 and was awarded the DSO.

He married Marjorie Ursula MacPhillany in 1913, and they had at least one son, James, who succeeded to the title upon his father's death.

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  • "Abinger, Baron (Scarlett) (Baron UK 1835)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. p. 8-9.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Scarlett
Baron Abinger
1927–1943
Succeeded by
James Scarlett