James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger ( born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger ; September 28, 1914 [2] - September 23, 2002 [3] [4] ) - British peer [5] , entrepreneur, philanthropist.
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| English James Richard Scarlett | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger | ||||||
| Successor | James Harry Scarlett, 9th Baron Abinger | ||||||
| Birth | September 28, 1914 Datchet , Berkshire , England , UK | ||||||
| Death | September 23, 2002 (87 years old) | ||||||
| Kind | Scarlett | ||||||
| Father | Hugh Richard Scarlett [1] | ||||||
| Mother | Marjorie Ursula McFillami [1] | ||||||
| Spouse | Isla Carolyn Rivett-Karnak [1] | ||||||
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| Education | Magdalen College (Cambridge) | ||||||
| Profession | economist | ||||||
| Activities | Chairman of the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association, Chair of the Rural England Defense Council Branch in Essex | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1936-1947 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Great Britain | ||||||
| Type of army | artillery | ||||||
| Rank |  lieutenant colonel | ||||||
| Battles | The Second World War | ||||||
Biography
Born on September 28, 1914 in Datchet (Bershkir) [3] . The son of Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger and Marjorie Ursula McFill. He studied at Eton College and Cambridge College of Magdalena [3] , where he studied economics and received a bachelor's degree in art [4] . In 1936 he joined the British Army in the Royal Artillery Regiment [3] . During the Second World War he fought in France, Norway and India [3] , in 1947 he received the rank of lieutenant colonel and resigned [4] . In 1946 he received a master's degree in art from Magdalena College [6] .
After his father died in 1943, [3] James Richard Scarlett inherited the baronial title and Inverloch Castle from Fort William in Scotland, selling the castle after the war to a Canadian whiskey seller [4] and buying Klis Hall [3] from Alfamstone on the border of Essex and Suffolk [7] . Appointed in 1968 as deputy deputy of the parliament from Essex.
Scarlett was interested in the activities of amateur archaeologists who used metal detectors, and in 1979-1981 he took measures to oblige archaeologists to legally report the discovery of finds [3] . He also sought to preserve the traditional appearance of British villages, as a result of which in 1972-1982 he headed the branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England in Essex [4] . In 1974, he founded the Colne Stour Countryside Association . Scarlett also headed the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association (Scarlett’s grandmother was adopted by her son Mary and Percy Shelley) [3] . The collection of letters and manuscripts Shelley, which was kept by Scarlett, exhibited at the Bodleian library of Oxford. He was vice president of the Byron Society and a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem [6] .
He died on September 23, 2002 at the 88th year of his life [3] .
Family
In 1957, married Isla Carolyn Rivett-Karnak [8] (1925–2011), sister of the last two Ronette-Karnak baronets. The sons of James Harry (9th Baron Abinger) and Peter Richard were born into the marriage.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger
- ↑ Abinger, James Richard Scarlett // Who's Who 1998: an Annual Biographical Dictionary. - New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998 .-- P. 3 .-- ISBN 0312175914 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lord Abinger , The Guardian (November 2, 2002). Date of treatment May 11, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Lord Abinger , The Telegraph (October 26, 2002). Date of treatment May 11, 2016.
- ↑ DeBretts Peerage and Baronetage. - London: DeBrett's Peerage, 1995. - P. 8–9.
- ↑ 1 2 Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. - 106th. - Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999. - Vol. 1. - P. 20.
- ↑ Manorial Records, Deeds, etc. of Clees Hall, Alphamstone Neopr . Essex Record Office . Date of treatment May 11, 2016.
- ↑ 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, 1998 .-- P. 9.