William Frederick Scarlett CB (1826 - 1892)

Born 30 Aug 1826 in Abinger, Surrey, England

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Died 16 Jan 1892 at age 65 in Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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Lt-Gen William Frederick Scarlett, 3rd Baron Albinger, Companion of the Bath, was born in 1826. He was the son of Robert Scarlett and Sarah Smith.

William married Helen, daughter of Commander Magruder of the US Navy, in 1863.^[1]

William served in Crimea and was a Knight of the Order of Medjidie. He joined the Scots Guards retiring in 1882 and was Commander General of the West London infantry volunteer brigade from 1888, and honorary colonel of the Middlesex Royal Volunteer force from 1889.

William held a Doctor of Law from Invernessshire and served as Justice of the Peace for Surrey.

In 1890 William was said to be residing at 46 Cornwall Gardens, SW London; and at Inverochy, Kingussie, Inverness. He was also a member of the Carlton Club.

Lord Abinger passed away in 1892.^[1] He was buried at Crags Cemetery, Fort William, Invernessshire.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-3BMC : 26 October 2019), William Frederick Scarlett, Third Baron Abinger, 23 Jan 1892; citing Obituary, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,127.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVB-PCGH : 1 August 2020), William Frederick Scarlett, ; Burial, Fort William, , Highland, Scotland, Craigs Cemetery; citing record ID 183019112, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. London, England: Kelly & Co.
• Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947.
• Wikipedia contributors, "William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Scarlett,_3rd_Baron_Abinger&oldid=1056285606 (accessed December 21, 2021).