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John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon

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Flight lieutenant The Right Honourable
The Earl of Eldon
GCVO DL JP
Hon. John Scott, 1918
Personal details
Born
John Scott

(1899-03-29)29 March 1899
Died20 October 1976(1976-10-20) (aged 77)
Spouse
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(after 1934)​
Children3
Parent(s)John Scott, Viscount Encombe
Hon. Mary Laura Fraser
EducationAmpleforth College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
AwardsLégion d'honneur
Military service
Branch/serviceScots Greys
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
RankFlight lieutenant
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon GCVO DL JP (29 March 1899 – 20 October 1976) was a British Royal Auxiliary Air Force officer, peer and courtier.

Early life

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Eldon was the son of John Scott, Viscount Encombe (1870–1900), and Hon. Mary Laura Fraser (1869–1946).[1] His younger brother, the Hon. Michael Simon Scott (1900–1938),[2] married American heiress Ruth Brady (the second daughter of James Cox Brady and a descendant of Anthony N. Brady),[3][4] died while fishing off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida.[2]

His father was the eldest son, and heir apparent, of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon and Henrietta Scott, Countess of Eldon (a granddaughter of Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald). Among his large family was aunt Lady Margaret Scott, a golfer who won the first three British Ladies Championships and uncles Michael Scott, who won the British Amateur Golf Championship in 1933, Osmund Scott, the runner-up at the 1905 Amateur Championship, and Denys Scott, also a competitive golfer. His maternal grandparents were Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and Alice Mary Blundell, daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell.[5]

He was educated at Ampleforth College and Magdalen College, Oxford.[6]

Career

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He served in the First World War as a junior officer in the Scots Greys. On 10 August 1926 he succeeded his eccentric grandfather as Earl of Eldon, his father having already died in 1900.[7]

During the Second World War, he served as an officer in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as part of No. 930 (Hampshire) Squadron. He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 16 December 1941.[8] On 8 June 1954 he resigned his commission, retaining his rank.[9]

Between 1937 and 1952, Lord Eldon held the office of Lord-in-Waiting to George VI and held the office of Justice of the Peace for Hampshire in 1938. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952. He served as a Lord-in-Waiting to Elizabeth II between 1952 and 1968, participating in that role in her coronation in 1953, and was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon from 1957 to 1966.[10] He was appointed a Grand officier of the Légion d'honneur in 1960. In the 1963 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.[11]

Personal life

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On 10 April 1934, Lord Eldon was married to his cousin, the Hon. Magdalen Mary Charlotte Fraser, daughter of Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and the former Hon. Laura Lister (the second daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale). Together, they were the parents of three sons, only two of whom lived to maturity:[5]

  • John Joseph Nicholas Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon (1937–2017), who married Countess Claudine Maria Olga Columba Fidelis von Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche, youngest daughter of Count Franz von Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche of Vienna, in 1961.[5]
  • Hon. Simon Peter Scott (1939–2009), a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 to 1956 who married Isabel Dalzell de Bertodano, second daughter of Andrew Ramon Dalzell de Bertodano (eldest son of 8th Marquis del Moral) and the former Lady Sylvia Savile (third daughter of John Savile, 6th Earl of Mexborough), in 1966.[5]

Lord Eldon died on 20 October 1976 and was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, also called John.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lady Mary Encombe, Widow of Viscount". The New York Times. 4 December 1946. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "GRANDSON OF PEER LANDS SAILFISH, DIES; Michael Simon Scott Collapses After Half-Hour Fight With 7-Footer Off Florida". The New York Times. 5 February 1938. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "MISS BRADY TO WED HON. MICHAEL SCOTT; Daughter of Mrs. James Cox Brady Is to Marry Son of the Viscountess Encombe. FIANCE IN SCOTS GUARDS Marriage of Debutante of Last Season to Take Place in Bernardsville, N.J., Dec. 31". The New York Times. 12 November 1928. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ Times, Special to The New York (1 January 1929). "RUTH BRADY WEDS HON. MICHAEL SCOTT; Very Rev. Adrian Weld-Blundell Performs Ceremony in Church in Bernardsville, N.J. POPE SENDS HIS BLESSING Paulist Choir Boys Lead the Procession--Reception Held at Hamilton Farms. The Wedding Procession. Reception at Hamilton Farms. Among the Guests. Peaslee--Hopkins". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Eldon, Earl of (UK, 1821)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, pg. 2003.
  7. ^ "EARL OF ELDON FALLS DEAD; Eccentric British Peer Dies at 81 on Way to Barber Shop". The New York Times. 11 August 1926. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ "No. 35383". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 December 1941. p. 7122.
  9. ^ "No. 40198". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1954. p. 3409.
  10. ^ "No. 43946". The London Gazette. 8 April 1966. p. 4123.
  11. ^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1963. p. 5.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Scott
 Earl of Eldon
1926–1976 		Succeeded by
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