Hugh Scott of Gala

Major Hugh Scott of Gala FRSE DL JP (1822–1877) was a 19th century Scottish soldier

Life

Gals House, now known as Old Gala House

He was born on 9 December 1822 at Bellie near Elgin, the son of John Scott, 8th Laird of Gala (1790-1840), and his wife Magdalen Hope (1792-1873).[1]

He was raised as a career soldier, joining the 92nd Regiment of Foot as a Captain and later becoming a Major in the Dumfries, Roxburgh and Selkirkshire Militia.

In 1840 he inherited the family home of Gala House in Galashiels and became 9th Laird of Gala.[2]

In 1853 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[3]

In 1872 he commissioned the Edinburgh architect David Bryce to remodel Gala House in the Scots Baronial style.[4]

He died in Hyeres in France on 19 December 1877.

His house is now a museum.[5]

Family

In 1857 he married the heiress Elizabeth Isabella Johnstone-Gordon, from whom he was divorced on 6 December 1877. They had 4 children.

His estates passed to his eldest son, John Henry Francis Kinnaird Scott of Gala (1859 - 1935). His second son, Captain Hugh James Elibank Scott (1861-1934), inherited the Makerstoun Estate, near Kelso, in 1890 from Scott relations who, in turn, had inherited under an entail from their cousin Anna-Maria Brisbane-Makdougall of Makerstoun (1786 - 1862), wife of General Sir Thomas Brisbane. Hugh Scott thereafter adopted the surname Scott-Makdougall.

His third son, Charles Archibald Ramsay Scott (1863 - 1920), fled to New Zealand to escape his creditors in about 1911 and died in Wellington New Zealand.

His daughter, Madalen Augusta Lavinia Scott, CBE, (1867 - 1961) married General Sir Francis Davies KCB, KCMG, KCVO (1864 - 1948) and lived at Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcs.

His great grandfather was Dr Alexander Monro (secundus).[6]


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References


  1. ↑ http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I87875&tree=CC
  2. ↑ http://www.jamespringle.co.uk/html/scott_of_gala_arms.html
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. ↑ "Archive and Search Room, Galashiels". Borders Family History Society. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. ↑ https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_record/10708/old_gala_house
  6. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p41701.htm
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