James Scarlett, 4th Baron Abinger

James Yorke Macgregor Scarlett, 4th Baron Abinger (13 March 1871, London – 11 December 1903, Paris), was a British peer.

Scarlett was the son of William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger and Helen Magruder. His sister was Evelina Haverfield. 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, who descended from the 3rd son of the 1st Baron.

James Yorke Macgregor Scarlett was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] 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 (today Inverlochy Castle Hotel), Invernessshire; Club: Carlton. He owned 41,000 acres (200 km²).

References

^ Scarlett, James Yorke Mcgregor, Baron Abinger in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

"Abinger, Baron (Scarlett) (Baron UK 1835)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. p. 8-9.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Abinger

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Frederick Scarlett	Baron Abinger 1892–1903	Succeeded by Shelley Leopold Laurence Scarlett